OpenStreetMap
Since I plan to visit northern sweden for another Hiking trip after a long hiatus, I thought it would be cool to get an openstreetmap for this task. Main area of interest is south of Abisko to Kvikjokk. Elevation Data would be from the SRTM project- already finished (thank you US gov for that). BTW, is there a SRTM overlay (WMS etc.) for JOSM?
Next would be to get as much of the landsat data (rivers, streets (surprisingly good to make out), lakes, glaciers).
Thankfully there isn' t much wood up there- mostly barren land and the occational birchtree in the valleys.
Most of the mountain huts are allready in OSM- so thanks for that too.
Finally I need the hiking paths. Some are allready in there, if someone has some trackdata I could use- please donate. Thanks in advance.
If someone has trackdata, POIs or simply would like to help mapping- please feel free to help.
BTW, the extra nice cycle map currently doesnt render highway= path, also the nice elevation data background doesn't go up to northern sweden. Could this be changed? Having a topoish view of the map is soooo nice to look at.
Cheers, Christian.
Discussion
Comment from randomjunk on 6 February 2009 at 09:47
The cyclemap elevation data goes as far as the SRTM data goes. Unfortunately they didn't do anything past 60 deg north on that shuttle mission, so there's no data. We've been trying to find some other data sources, but we had some issues lining them up (plus we ran out of disk space on the database disk :-().
As for highway=path, it might happen at some point. I'm still not convinced of the need for the tag. highway=footway, and highway=cycleway cover pretty much everything of current interest to cyclists as far as I'm aware.
Comment from zenfunk on 6 February 2009 at 14:47
Bugger with the missing SRTM data. Another possibillity might be the GTOPO30 elevation model- although it isn't nearly as detailed as the SRTM data. http://maps-for-free.com/ has a nice relief map, presumably made with the GTOPO30 data mentioned above- I'll have to look into it.
Somewhere I found a WMS server for SRTM data- but can't find it ATM. I'll look it up later this evening. Could be a cool overlay for JOSM.
Concerning the highway= path I'm with you randomjunk, but IMHO we can't overlook the fact that the tag is- well- used.