Google Maps' terrain view now has contour lines

Posted by David N. Welton Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:41:00 GMT

Amongst other things, I have long had a passion for maps. I remember what a nice discovery USGS topo maps were as a kid, and as I developed an interest in cycling, all the cool places I've found over the years by poring over maps. There's also an element of discovery in getting detailed information about a place you've never been. So I'm excited to notice that Google Maps' terrain view now has contour lines to show elevations, rather than just shading.

Here's the mountain north of Innsbruck, for example.

Or Oregon's North and Middle Sisters

Steens Mountain, Little Blitzen and Big Indian gorges

Cool!

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  1. marcus said about 2 hours later:

    The relief maps of maps for free[1] are very nice too. In some aspects better than google.

    And openpistemap [2] maybe worth a look too.

    I guess openstreetmap you already know..

    [1] http://www.maps-for-free.com/ [2] http://openpistemap.org/

  2. David Welton said about 13 hours later:

    Maps for free looks nice on a large scale, but doesn't scale down, compared to Google's maps.

  3. mark@purcell.id.au said 1 day later:

    Hey,

    The Openstreet Map Cycle Map has terrain contours.

    http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/osm/

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