Resources
PeakFinder covers the whole world from the northern to the southern latitude 85°.
Digital Elevation Model
The digital elevation model of the SRTM and LiDAR projects are used for calculating panoramic views. The following table gives an overview regarding the data sources:
| Region | Source | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Digital LiDAR-Terrain Models of Europe (Version 25). Collected and resampled by Sonny. | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) | |
| United States | USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), 1/3 arc-second seamless DEM. Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. | Public Domain (USGS) | |
| Japan | GSI DEM10B elevation tiles. 出典：国土地理院（地理院タイル（標高タイル）を加工して作成） | GSI Content Terms of Use | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand LiDAR 1m DEM. Sourced from the LINZ Data Service and licensed for reuse under CC BY 4.0. | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) | |
| Arctic | ArcticDEM v4.1 (10m mosaic). Provided by the Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota, under NSF awards. | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) | |
| Worldwide | Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 Licence | |
| Worldwide | NASADEM from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. | Public Domain (Creative Commons Zero, CC0) | |
| Worldwide | Viewfinder Mountain Top Horizon Maps (3 Arc and 1 Arc SRTM). Many thanks go to Jonathan de Ferranti for the permission to use his data. |
GIS Data
The GIS data (Geographic Information System) is collected from different sources. The following table gives an overview regarding the data sources:
| Region | Source | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | Openstreetmap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors | Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) | |
| Worldwide | GeoNames | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) | |
| Canada | Geobase | Open Government Licence – Canada | |
| Canada | Bivouac. Many thanks go to Robin Tivy for the permission to use his 'Bivouac.com' project peak data. | ||
| Andes | Andean mountains 5000 | ||
| Japan | Geospatial Information Authority of Japan | GSI Content Terms of Use | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Alpine Club |
Comments on Openstreetmap.org
Openstreetmap.org is the Wikipedia of online maps. In Europe and the USA the quality of the data is quite good. In other countries the peak data has many errors. In these areas additional data sources area used.
Please help to improve the Openstreetmap.org data. This way also other many great projects may benefit from your work. The following page describes how to add new peaks to Openstreetmap.org: www.youtube.com
The changes in openstreetmap.org will be available in PeakFinder 24 hours later.
Other data & libraries
PeakFinder also uses the following data and libraries:
| Region | Source | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | IP Geolocation by DB-IP (IP to City Lite). Used to open a panorama near the visitor on the first visit. | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) |
Application Programming Interface
The following page describes the URL format and how to embed PeakFinder to any webpage: https://github.com/Fabiz/PeakFinder-API