Comments on: ASTER – Not worth it yet http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2010/01/13/aster-not-worth-it-yet/ Notes From A Strange Place Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:51:26 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Christoph http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2010/01/13/aster-not-worth-it-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-77194 Christoph Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:03:26 +0000 http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/?p=365#comment-77194 I am looking desperately for height information north of 60°N (because I am living and working on 61°N). The data from viewfinderpanorama.org seem to have a license problem, but would it be possible to include them into opencyclemap as an separate layer where you have to agree first before viewing it? If not, the ASTER-data might be helpful for Scandinavia even if they are not as good as SRTM. But it is better than a flat OSM-world. The OpenCyclemap really could be great for Scandinavia because there are no cycle maps at all here - even if you want to pay for it. I am looking desperately for height information north of 60°N (because I am living and working on 61°N). The data from viewfinderpanorama.org seem to have a license problem, but would it be possible to include them into opencyclemap as an separate layer where you have to agree first before viewing it? If not, the ASTER-data might be helpful for Scandinavia even if they are not as good as SRTM. But it is better than a flat OSM-world.

The OpenCyclemap really could be great for Scandinavia because there are no cycle maps at all here – even if you want to pay for it.

]]> By: Homme Zwaagstra http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2010/01/13/aster-not-worth-it-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-75966 Homme Zwaagstra Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:11:03 +0000 http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/?p=365#comment-75966 This exactly mirrors my experience of trying to create hillshaded colour relief maps for an area of Kenya. Initial excitement rapidly evaporated when I looked at the resulting moonscape. The mole runs, pits and striping artifacts rendered the data (excuse the pun) near enough useless and I reverted to the excellent SRTM data. Here's hoping they manage to calibrate/clean it. This exactly mirrors my experience of trying to create hillshaded colour relief maps for an area of Kenya. Initial excitement rapidly evaporated when I looked at the resulting moonscape. The mole runs, pits and striping artifacts rendered the data (excuse the pun) near enough useless and I reverted to the excellent SRTM data. Here’s hoping they manage to calibrate/clean it.

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]]> By: Ollie http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2010/01/13/aster-not-worth-it-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-75099 Ollie Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:26:35 +0000 http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/?p=365#comment-75099 Very interesting, thanks for taking the time to do that. I'll stick to SRTM if/when I get around to rolling my own contours. Very interesting, thanks for taking the time to do that. I’ll stick to SRTM if/when I get around to rolling my own contours.

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