[talk-au] NASA completes another elevation map

Apparently NASA and the Japanese space agency has released another elevation map for the Eath which has 99% coverage using a 98ft grid, so roughly 9x the resolution of SRTM's ~90m grid. BBC news have it covered here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8126197.stm There's also

Re: [talk-au] NASA completes another elevation map

--- On Tue, 30/6/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: I wonder how long it will be before OSM will be able to integrate this data... It would be nice to have a higher resolution dataset so the topo lines can be smoother and more accurate. Free doesn't always equate to

Re: [talk-au] NASA completes another elevation map

Sent: Wednesday, 1 July, 2009 1:14:00 PM Subject: [talk-au] NASA completes another elevation map Apparently NASA and the Japanese space agency has released another elevation map for the Eath which has 99% coverage using a 98ft grid, so roughly 9x the resolution of SRTM's ~90m grid. BBC news have

Re: [talk-au] NASA completes another elevation map

If your using gpsdrive or gosmore then you can integrate it for your own use anyway. Details are in the osm wiki. Cheers Ross Hmm, that's a bit annoying. The more restrictive license is probably due to the data being collected by Japanese equipment rather than purely NASA gear. Aw well,