Google has just announced the addition of topographic contour lines to their Terrain view in Google Maps. It’s for the entire world, so I suspect they’re using SRTM 90-meter resolution data; not ideal, but not bad, either. Here’s Popocatepetl, just SE of Ciudad de Mexico:
You have to zoom in to at least the 1-mile / 2 km range for the contours to appear.
Other posts in the Google Maps Tools series
- Coordinate Data From Google Maps
- Reverse Address Geocoding With Google Maps
- Converting Google Maps Search Results To GPX
- Coordinate, Elevation, Distance And More In Google Maps
- Google Maps "My Maps" Features
- Measuring Elevation, Distance And Area In Google Maps
- Creating GPS Routes In Google Maps
- Thematic Polygon Shapefile Display In Google Maps
- Using The Google Maps Interface To Display General Maps And Images
- Heat Mapping In Google Maps
- Elevation Profile In Google Maps
- Embed Google Maps "My Maps" On Your Web Page
- Real-Time Website Visitor Plotting In Google Maps
- Customizing Google Maps Markers
- Two Fun Cartographic Google Maps Tools
- Simple Guide To Embedding Google Maps "My Maps" On Your Own Webpage
- Another Google Maps Geocoder/Reverse Geocoder
- Drawing Lines Between Points In Google Maps, Straight And Great Circle
- Convert A Google Maps Point To Multiple Text Geographic Formats
- Meet Your Friends Halfway
- Plotting Swivel Data In Google Maps
- Meet Your Friends Halfway II
- Geographic Midpoint Calculator
- GIS-Like Functionality In Google Maps With ZeeMaps
- Creating GPS Waypoints Online From The USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- MapMyRide.com
- Exporting KML Data From Google Maps MyMaps To A GPS
- Advanced Tool For Embedding Google Maps MyMaps On Your Website
- Draw/Label On Google Maps, And Generate GPX/KML/Embeddable Maps
- Another Way To Create Embeddable Google Maps With KML Data
- Documenting A Journey With Maptales
- Plot A Coordinate Position On Different Map Pages
- Worldwide Reverse Geocoding With Google Maps
- Google Maps Shaded Relief Site Updates
- Digipoint 2: Export Of Google Maps Points In Multiple Formats, And Elevation Data
- Google Maps Line Tool Now Supports Distance Measurement
- Geographically-Linked Video With VeoGeo
- Recent Google Maps Tools
- Google Maps Mapplets From Zonums Software
- Maximize Google Maps With Google Maps Max
- Mapping Zip And Area Code Boundaries, And More
- Altitudes And Terrain Profiles In Google Maps
- “Friendly” URLs To Address Maps
- Quick Zip Code Information
- Simple Online Form For Creating An Embeddable Google Map
- Embed Synchronized Google/Microsoft Virtual Earth Maps On Your Website/Blog
- Worldwide Contour Lines In Google Maps’ Terrain View
- Plot Gazetteer Features In A Google Maps Interface
- Antipodes Map
- New Features At MapChannels.Com
- Small, Simple Tool For Getting Distances And Bearings Between Points In Google Maps
thank’s for all. software free.
thanks for the info but i need to know if you are sure that this is really SRTM 90-meter resolution data;
if so do u know any other tool can give me more accurate data
I don’t know this for sure, but the SRTM-90 dataset is the only one that covers the entire world. You can always download the SRTM-90 data for yourself, and convert it to contours (search this blog for posts that describe how to do this).