Mapterhorn
Open terrain tile sets and data catalog
Mapterhorn is an open-source alternative to proprietary terrain data platforms that addresses the fragmentation of global high-resolution terrain data. While many European countries like Austria and the Netherlands have released open terrain datasets, users currently rely predominantly on proprietary intermediaries such as Google Maps or Esri to consume these. This is due to inconsistencies in formats, projections, licenses, and access methods. Mapterhorn solves this through three components: a global low-resolution terrain tileset based on ESA's Copernicus model, regional high-resolution tilesets from national LIDAR surveys, and a comprehensive data catalog using the open STAC specification. By distributing terrain tiles in Web Mercator projection in standard formats such as GeoTiff and PMTiles, Mapterhorn will enhance disaster response capabilities, improve solar energy planning, boost tourism promotion, and enable numerous other applications across the public sector in Europe and beyond.
- The project's own website: https://github.com/mapterhorn
Run by Leichter als Luft GmbH
This project was funded through the NGI0 Core Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101092990.
