On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:22 AM, Philip Fitzsimons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi, > > In terms of altitude information, am I correct in thinking that integrating > the SRTM data (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/) is the > accepted approach to creating altitude based maps? > > I have seen key="altitude" in some of the OSM data, but not > comprehensively. Is there a SRTM enhanced version of the OSM data? or an > XML version of the SRTM data? > > I'm using it to create vector based maps ( > http://blog.figmentengine.com/search/label/OpenStreetMap) in silverlight > and just wanted > to know what was the "accepted" way to incorporate altitude information. > > Thanks in advance > > Philip > (Figment Engine) > You may be interested in this Summer of Code project: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Route_altitude_profiles_SRTM Karl
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