3D topo ridge maps

Joe Simmers wrote:
I have started to do a lot more ridge soaring in the last couple years and
most places I go seem to have very nice 3D topo maps somewhere to look at.


Tactical Pilot Charts (TPC) are very good for this:

US Tactical Pilot charts (TPC) Maps. These maps are perfect to
investigate terrain of a region. Heights are given in feet. All airports
even with the right heading of the runway and much other flight relevant
information are marked. As is it made for Pilots flying relatively quick
over terrain, the built up area information as well as the road network
information is quite basic on these maps.

Here's a ridge in Iraq that looks interesting :-).
http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iraq...0g_4b%20sw.pdf

Tony V.

I forgot to mention:


Tactical Pilot Charts (TPC) are readilly available to the civilian
population. The pilot shop at my local airport (Wings at KASH) carries a
dozen of so different TPCs. No doubt they're also available online.

Tony V.