[Open.ogc] OSM WOC Topograph(Terrain) Layer

Fri May 22 14:02:49 UTC 2015

Perhaps NCEI-Boulder (former National Geophysical Data Center) offers a 
topography layer that can readily be added to Open Street Map. See
  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html
I am CCing Eric Kihn (NCEI-B Director) for his awareness.

-Jeff DLB

Jeff de La Beaujardiere, PhD
NOAA Data Management Architect
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On 2015-05-22 09:47, David Metze - NWS Federal wrote:
> Thanks for the response...yeah I got word that map background layer was
> not available.   It would probably be useful for US complex terrain
> locations.  All weather is pretty much driven by terrain in the western
> 1/2 of the US.
>
> Here's an example.  Below is a link to a draft web page I am currently
> developing.  There is a large group of mountain 14er hikers(14,000+
> mountain peaks) that come to Colorado.  I created a geojson layer with
> icons to highlight those peaks on an OpenLayers map.  Right now, I found
> a .gov topo/terrain map(arcGIS) for my background.  I know the
> Government wants us to stick with gov websites to pull these map
> backgrounds.  I think it would be very usefully, again, for those
> locations with complex terrain(e.g. western 1/2 of US, Hawaii, and
> Alaska).  The web page supplies users with 14er point locations overlay,
> radar overlay, and if you click the map, then a "point" forecast loads
> for that particular lat/lon.
>
> http://www.weather.gov/pub/colorado14ers
>
> If you add the topo layer, then I'll be happy to do some testing and
> provide feedback.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Chi Kang - NOAA Federal
> <chi.y.kang at noaa.gov <mailto:chi.y.kang at noaa.gov>> wrote:
>
>     So we don't offer that layer.  But it's an interesting idea and I'm
>     open to it.  Is this something NOAA GIS community would use?
>
>
>     On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:49 AM, David Metze - NWS Federal
>     <david.metze at noaa.gov <mailto:david.metze at noaa.gov>> wrote:
>      > Hello, I am use the OSM WOC background map layers, and I was
>     wondering if
>      > there was a topographic(terrain) layer?   Below is the map layer
>     code, but
>      > would like to show terrain out here in Colorado for an OpenLayer
>     webpage I
>      > am working on.
>      >
>      >
>      >     var base = new OpenLayers.Layer.TMS( "NOAA OSM",
>      >         "http://osm.woc.noaa.gov/mapcache/tms/",
>      >         { layername: 'osm at g', type: "png", serviceVersion:"1.0.0",
>      >
>       gutter:0,buffer:0,isBaseLayer:true,transitionEffect:'resize',
>      >           tileOrigin: new
>      > OpenLayers.LonLat(-20037508.342789,-20037508.342789),
>      >
>      >
>     resolutions:[156543.03392804099712520838,78271.51696402048401068896,39135.75848201022745342925,19567.87924100512100267224,9783.93962050256050133612,4891.96981025128025066806,2445.98490512564012533403,1222.99245256282006266702,611.49622628141003133351,305.74811314070478829308,152.87405657035250783338,76.43702828517623970583,38.21851414258812695834,19.10925707129405992646,9.55462853564703173959,4.77731426782351586979,2.38865713391175793490,1.19432856695587897633,0.59716428347793950593],
>      >           zoomOffset:0,
>      >           units:"m",
>      >           maxExtent: new
>      >
>     OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508.342789,-20037508.342789,20037508.342789,20037508.342789),
>      >           projection: proj,
>      >           sphericalMercator: true
>      >        }
>      > );
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > Thanks,
>      >
>      > --
>      > David Metze
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>     Chi Y Kang
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> David Metze
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