Comments for Closed Contour

Comment on What is Closed Contour? by Scott Parks

Scott Parks — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:50:04 +0000

Hey Dan,

I just wanted to give you a huge THANKS for making this blog available. When I first encountered it in Feb/2011, I had no idea much of this data existed on the web.

Until now, I had been using the awesome, but outdated 7.5 quads to create maps sets for the entire Pacific Crest Trail. After 6 months of work, these maps are now completely digitized, with far, far better results.

You and I had very different objectives. You created a set of tiles given geographic bounds. I created a tool the ‘follows a trail’ and spits out tiles within predefined bounds. The only common tool we shared is GDAL.

But the idea you communicated, “It can be done”, made all the difference in the world!

So again, thanks for making this site available!

Scott Parks
postholer.com

Comment on Mapping Challenges by Magaly Brandy

Magaly Brandy — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:58:56 +0000

Good morning I just would like to give a huge thumbs up for the great info you have here on this post. I will be coming back to your blog for more soon.

Comment on Closed Contour Hillshading by Dan

Dan — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:03:30 +0000

Sure, here’s the colormap for the hillshading intensities. You are free to use it however you like, but maybe drop a comment here about how you used it.

Thanks,
Dan

Comment on Closed Contour Hillshading by ayah fathimah

ayah fathimah — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:51:08 +0000

Thanks for this nice article.

Could I have the color table you used in this article? Which license will be your color table?

thanks.

Comment on v2 SPS Tiles Posted by Dan

Dan — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:18:46 +0000

Hi Seth, I’m happy to share the stylesheets. I’ll contact you directly to discuss this.

Dan

Comment on v2 SPS Tiles Posted by Seth

Seth — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 03:45:34 +0000

Would you be willing to post the Mapnik stylesheets you’re using for this project? I live in Colorado and would love to do similar things for the nearby areas.

Comment on What is Closed Contour? by Dan

Dan — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:42:48 +0000

Hi Bryan, glad you like the interface. I use OpenLayers for the map interface. The controls in the upper left were customized to avoid clashing with the map.

Comment on What is Closed Contour? by Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:32:03 +0000

So cool! I just linked over from CartoTalk. I love the web interface that you have going to explore your map. The coordinates provided in the lower-right corner are great. What technology did you use for the interface?