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How to Use Terrain Layer and Elevation

Contour Lines

Using additional data content from PTV, a terrain layer can be selected in order to draw contour lines onto PTV maps. Please notice that this data has to be licensed.

Shaded Relief

Creating a terrain layer and adding the additional data content from PTV (license fee is required), a relief can be plotted as shown in this figure.

Height Profile

Getting the height information corresponding to a route from PTV xRoute Server, it is possible to show a height profile.