Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-11 Thread Karl Eichwalder
Robert (Jamie) Munro schrieb: Why not draw contours in a light shade, then draw every 10th contour line in a darker shade. Not bad, but there are already many things in a light shade ;) -- Karl Eichwalder ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-10 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Hill wrote: | On Thu, 8 May 2008, Robin Paulson wrote: | | alternatively, are there any world wide maps out there with contours | and osm data, that update regularly? | | The cycle map and the piste map both have contours for selected areas. |

Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-09 Thread Mark Williams
Steve Hill wrote: On Thu, 8 May 2008, Robin Paulson wrote: maybe i'll do it myself; some transparent png laid over the top of the osm tiles can't be so difficult Have a look at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Contours This tells you how contour rendering has been

Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-09 Thread Igor Brejc
Mmm - I like Srtm2osm plan to add the contours to a Garmin map later. The Isle of Wight comes to almost 8Mb for 10m contours - so it's going to be BIG for a decent size area! Mark Yes, OSM XML is probably not an ideal format to put contours in. One of the reasons is the way

Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-08 Thread Robin Paulson
2008/5/8 maning sambale [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Please check out Andy's Cycle Map: http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/osm/ yeah, i had a look at that first; i should have said i was after worldwide coverage or at least nz. unfortunately, i don't live in western europe

Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-08 Thread Michael Collinson
At 04:32 AM 5/8/2008, Robin Paulson wrote: is there any intention to include contours on the main map at any point? would it be possible to have them as a static layer (i.e. they not be re-rendered every week like the mapnik images, to save processing time), with a transparent background?

Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-08 Thread Steve Hill
On Thu, 8 May 2008, Robin Paulson wrote: alternatively, are there any world wide maps out there with contours and osm data, that update regularly? The cycle map and the piste map both have contours for selected areas. I'm generally doing monthly updates to the piste map data. As far as I

Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-08 Thread Steve Hill
On Thu, 8 May 2008, Robin Paulson wrote: maybe i'll do it myself; some transparent png laid over the top of the osm tiles can't be so difficult Have a look at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Contours This tells you how contour rendering has been implemented on the piste map and cycle

Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-08 Thread elvin ibbotson
I too would like to see SRTM elevational data in OSM - possibly optional in the UI - and preferably using colours rather than just contours. I posted an initial proposal in the wiki some weeks ago. I don't have much data, but I suspect contours add a big data load, but producing coloured

Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-08 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
Robin Paulson wrote: is there any intention to include contours on the main map at any point? would it be possible to have them as a static layer (i.e. they not be re-rendered every week like the mapnik images, to save processing time), with a transparent background? alternatively, are