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Re:3D map of the whole Czech Republic, made from 12.5cm/px i... by matsemann on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:18AM (#33494148)
Very cool! But when trying stuff like this I'm always reminded how flat things look at scale, hah. Like my bike ride to work the other day: https://cubetrek.com/view/8197 200m of elevation from kilometer 25 to kilometer 31, but hard to grasp how steep some of those hills are, haha.

But for hiking mountainsides, or where I specifically bike up steep hills it looks really great https://cubetrek.com/view/8203

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Re:3D map of the whole Czech Republic, made from 12.5cm/px i... by folli on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:36AM (#33494341)
I completely agree. To let you in on a little secret: the hills/mountains are already exaggarated by a factor of 1.5 to make them stand out more. So reality is even more flat.

The tracks are definitely more impressive on mountaineous terrains (see some of the examples on the homepage), for flat terrain a traditional 2D map is more helpful.

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