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en:help:v2:elevations [2019/01/08 18:28] – [How to use maps and layers based on elevation data?] alpinequesten:help:v2:elevations [2023/09/17 14:22] (current) alpinequest
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-<sub>[[en:help|Online Help]] > [[en:help:v2|AlpineQuest 2.x]] > [[en:help:v2:maps|Maps & Layers]] > Digital Elevation Model (DEM)</sub>+<sub>[[en:help:v2|Online Help]] > [[en:help:v2:maps|Maps & Layers]] > Elevations</sub>
  
 ====== Digital Elevation Model (DEM) ====== ====== Digital Elevation Model (DEM) ======
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 This feature allows the application to download and store elevation values of remote locations and let you use them in various ways, even while being offline. This feature allows the application to download and store elevation values of remote locations and let you use them in various ways, even while being offline.
  
-Those elevations come from various sources including the SRTMGL1(v3) database and are currently available between latitude 56°S and 60°N with a precision of 1″ (1 arc-second).+Those elevations come from various sources including the SRTMGL1(v3) database and are currently available between latitude 56°S and 60°N (Norway, Sweden and Finland are entirely covered) with a precision of 1″ (1 arc-second).
  
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 ===== How to get elevation profiles of paths? ===== ===== How to get elevation profiles of paths? =====
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-When [[en:help:v2:landmarks:local-track-create|manually drawing a path]] or [[en:help:v2:landmarks:auto-routing|automatically drawing a path along roads]] over an area with elevation values stored, you can get the elevation profile and gain of that path:+When [[en:help:v2:placemarks:local-track-create|manually drawing a path]] or [[en:help:v2:placemarks:auto-routing|automatically drawing a path along roads]] over an area with elevation values stored, you can get the elevation profile and gain of that path:
   * Tap anywhere on the path {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} and select its name {{:icon_02.png?nolink}};   * Tap anywhere on the path {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} and select its name {{:icon_02.png?nolink}};
   * Select ''"**Details**"'' {{:icon_03.png?nolink}} and check the ''"**Statistics**"'' {{:icon_04.png?nolink}} part.   * Select ''"**Details**"'' {{:icon_03.png?nolink}} and check the ''"**Statistics**"'' {{:icon_04.png?nolink}} part.
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   * Files containing 3601x3601 values (1″) must have a size of ''"**25,934,402 bytes**"'';   * Files containing 3601x3601 values (1″) must have a size of ''"**25,934,402 bytes**"'';
  
-The files must be copied inside the sub-folder ''"**/cache/dem/**"'' of [[en:help:v2:settings:storage#how_to_locate_the_application_folder|the application folder]] (the same folder used by the application to store the downloaded elevation data).+The files must be copied inside the sub-folder ''"**/datastore/dem/**"'' of [[en:help:v2:settings:storage#how_to_locate_the_application_folder|the application folder]] (the same folder used by the application to store the downloaded elevation data).
  
 {{:icon_help.png?nolink}} If your own data doesn't cover a requested area, the application will automatically download the missing data in its own format which may interfere with your own data. Be sure to turn off the automatic download of elevation data (see first paragraph). {{:icon_help.png?nolink}} If your own data doesn't cover a requested area, the application will automatically download the missing data in its own format which may interfere with your own data. Be sure to turn off the automatic download of elevation data (see first paragraph).