Comments on: Hill Shade Teaser

By: Shine » Busy Days :: GravityStorm

Shine » Busy Days :: GravityStorm — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:41:35 +0000

[…] in the area that need mapping. Interestingly (well, maybe only to me) we were in the area of the hill shading teaser that I made a few months ago - staying just off the top, and spending most days walking around […]

By: Gerco-Kees

Gerco-Kees — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:14:25 +0000

Whow, I just can’t wait…

By: Colin Marquardt

Colin Marquardt — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:40:59 +0000

Very awesome!

By: Andrew Chadwick

Andrew Chadwick — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:08:53 +0000

> never mind choosing some colours that are a bit more subtle

Whoops, I fail at reading. Sorry.

By: Andrew Chadwick

Andrew Chadwick — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:06:16 +0000

This looks lovely. I’m a little scared it’ll make the map harder to parse though. A very subtle greyscale might be better: cyclists only really care about local gradient, not absolute heights, so a full-on rainbow height map might be overkill.

Will cycleway=* be rendered as routes (/hazards) in urban areas?

By: Richard Fairhurst

Richard Fairhurst — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:00:48 +0000

Awesome. Unbelievably awesome.

And that’s a _lovely_ stretch of NCN 8 to choose - some good footpath mapping in the area, too. Though I might ask for one of your popup warning triangles saying “if you’re cycling this bit at night, watch out for the handlebar-height barrier across the path right at the bottom of the hill”.