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Elevation lines on Standard Topo Map Europe

Former Member
Former Member over 5 years ago

Dear all,

in the activity settings -> maps I can activate/deactivate elevation lines, but I can't see them on the map. Do I need some other settings for that?

Kind regards

Marcus

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Talkytoaster

    Thank you talkytoaster.

    Just wondering, the contour lines should they be there like with the US maps, meaning it's a bug or are they simply never added on the European map? 

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to debrockb

    They have never been contours  in the supplied TopoActive maps on the European models on any of the Fenix models that support mapping, such as the 5x, the 5 Plus models, and the 6 Pro models.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to debrockb

    Folks, the TopoActive Europe maps don't have contour lines on (they specifically list this as one of the features of going to Topo Pro maps for Europe, when you look at the Garmin Map store).  Clearly Garmin have been kind to the N America crew and given them contours with that version of the TopoActive maps.  If you want free contour lines in Europe, you'll need to follow Volker_I's suggestion to get 20m contour intervals (or perhaps take a look at what Talkytoaster has to offer for a modest fee, if you want contour intervals of 10m - I have no connection to Talkytoaster, but I have bought his UK Look and Feel maps in the past).

    (TopoActive are the same as Topo Light)

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Crispin_Ellisdon

    Ok, here we go again:

    left pic: TopoActiveEurope (no contour lines in the default map data available!)  

    right pic: TopoActiveEurope with additinal loaded and enabled LIDAR contour lines for Germany/Alps

    But if you go in the German/Austrian mountains it would be better to see also slopes over 30°; then they are Garmin Topo Germany Pro V8/9; Garmin Transalpine+ Pro the better choise:

    And not all contour sources, that you can download, are really useful (from some osm srtm contour line source):


    You have to take a look/try, if the source is useful (like this osm srtm contour line source):

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Volker

    I would advise against using the LIDAR data. On my device this led to massive problems with map drawing, device was not usable. It took me hours to figure out, who was the offender. I'm glad I did not call the free download source. So be careful with this stuff, try it, before you start for a hike/ride. I don’t know, if it is a fw issue on the device...