JOSM Elevation Plugin

Elevation is a plugin for the OpenStreetMap editor JOSM. It displays local terrain elevation, visualizes terrain elevation in the map view and provides elevation tools. It is designed to use publicly available elevation data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and Sonny's LiDAR Digital Terrain Models of Europe. It can be configured to automatically download SRTM elevation data from NASA Earthdata.

Features

• Terrain elevation at the mouse pointer location
• Elevation visualization layer
  • Contour lines
  • Hillshade
  • Lowest and highest points in the map view
  • Elevation raster
• Elevation tools
  • Set node elevation
  • Set peak prominence
  • Topographic isolation finder
  • Key col finder

This JOSM screenshot provides an overview of some of the features of the Elevation plugin:

Building from source

Elevation plugin is configured as Eclipse Java project. The project directory must be placed in josm/plugins of the original JOSM source tree for build.xml to work. The location of the JOSM project needs to be specified on the build path. The built plugin Elevation.jar will be found in josm/dist.

Installation

1. Copy the plugin JAR file Elevation.jar into the JOSM plugins directory. Under Linux, the plugins directory should be located at $HOME/.local/share/JOSM/plugins.
2. Launch JOSM and select Edit -> Preferences from the menu bar.
3. In the opened preferences dialog, select the tab Plugins.
4. In the sub-tab Plugins, select radio button option Available.
5. Search for Elevation: [...] in the list of available plugins and select the checkbox.
6. Click the OK button at the bottom.
7. It may be necessary to restart JOSM for the changes to take effect.

Configuration

1. From the JOSM menu bar select Edit -> Preferences.
2. In the opened preferences dialog select the tab Elevation Data.
3. Adapt the configuration to your needs.
4. Click the OK button at the bottom.

For configuration options and a detailed description visit JOSM/Plugins/Elevation on the OpenStreetMap Wiki.