Lupo 🌻

Very sad news: OpenTopomap is being retired, basically.

https://opentopomap.org/about#survival

Many thanks to the people who gave their time over 14 years so that we could use this wonderful gift.

#OSM
#OpenStreetmap
#OpenTopomap

Supplement:

In his message the main developer (?) of Openstreetmap mentions that there may be a successor.

If you think you are able to: Get in touch with him and ask if and how you can help.

Nov 7 at 9:52amWeb
Show threadSimon Poole6d ago

@lupo there are a number with contours and even more with hill shading (see for example Tracestack Topo on osm.org, or what we provide at osm.ch).

However none of these have a similar style as OpenTopoMap.

Show threadMarcos Dione6d ago
@simon @lupo IIRC, neither have a public style we can steal ideas from :-P
Show threadSimon Poole5d ago
@mdione @lupo the SOSM/osm.ch styles are all open source.
Show threadLupo 🌻5d ago

@simon @mdione

Unfortunately those styles are far from the clarity and readability of the style that is used for OpenTopomap.

Those styles either lack contour lines or it is not clear which paths are still suitable for motor vehicles.

Show threadSarah Dal6d ago
@lupo ah what a shame! Thank you for posting about it as I don't think I'd have realised otherwise
Show threadStephen Borrill5d ago

@lupo Take a look at OpenOrienteeringMap which takes #OpenStreetMap data as well as contour data and renders it in a variety of ways. As the name suggests, it's mainly for #orienteering, but it may be useful in other ways

https://oomap.dna-software.co.uk/

OpenOrienteeringMap: The easy Street-O map creation tool

Show threadHarry Wood5d ago

@lupo That is indeed is a sad thing. OpenTopoMap raster layer has been available for ages. I'm adding a "set to be discontinued" note here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Raster_tile_providers#Base_maps

You can see this list has some other hill-shaded map options, but maybe less permissive. For example ThunderForest outdoor style is beautiful, but only free for low-traffic experiments.

The developer seems to be hinting that a similarly styled vector tile approach will be possible at some point: https://github.com/der-stefan/OpenTopoMap/issues/365#issuecomment-2825441010

Raster tile providers - OpenStreetMap Wiki

Show threadCapitaineMoustache 🗺️⭕️4d ago
@lupo 😢 Many people, especially in France will be sad to learn that. OpenTopoMap is appreciated for its resemblance with IGN topographic map style.
Farewell OpenTopoMap, and thank you so much for all!
Show threadJensWiesehahn4d ago
@lupo Oh no. Too sad I don't know how to orient outdoors anymore. OpenTopoMap was by far my favourite OSM style. But I was always curious for a Vector version, this might be the beginning of a great successor as well and I am really looking forward.
In the meantime Bergfex OSM style ist great as well
Show threadMartin3d ago
@lupo That rendering style would be excellent for @CoMaps