[OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] What is OSM and what isn't?

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Thu Apr 30 18:22:05 BST 2009


Hi,

Alan Wright wrote:
> I'm not only thinking of the standard slippy-map, but contour layers, 
> routing, poi's, etc, etc.

Contrary to what some people make you believe, OSM does not have contour 
layers or elevation data. There's much talk about a possible sister 
project ("open elevation map"? "open digital terrain model"?) but 
nothing has been done in that direction yet.

Bye
Frederik

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