Historically accurate base map tiles for use in Google Earth or other mapping applications would be of use in the study of the ancient world.

Pilot Project Requirements

Tiles, not WMS.

For OpenLayers or Google Earth.

Limited spatial extent, limited range of scales.

Shaded relief, like Google's "terrain" layer.

Modern topography, hydrography, shorelines.

Source data:

• elevations: SRTM (hole patch: GTOPO30?)
• hydrography/shorelines?
  • @1:1M : VMAP0?

No labels (?)

Extent of Barrington Atlas Maps, perhaps a 1 degree buffer

Scales: 1:250K, 1:500K, 1:1M, 1:2M, 1:5M, 1:20M (?)

KML overlays with network links

TileCache configuration

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