Contours and mountain peaks in feet

Map design Outdoor

This set of articles represents a recommended selection of Outdoor maps examples.

1. Contours and mountain peaks in feet
2. Improve terrain visualization in glacial regions

This article describes how to switch contour lines and mountain peaks from meters to feet in your MapTiler Cloud map, which might be useful to US users in particular.

To use the Contours tileset in your maps on MapTiler Cloud, you need to add it via the MapTiler Customize tool. A new layer can be added either through the “Plus” button in the Layers or Data sources tab. By default, contours and mountain peaks are included in the Topo, Outdoor, and Winter map styles.

Switch to feet

The default units in the MapTiler maps are meters. You need to use the MapTiler Customize tool to switch your contours and mountain peaks to feet. You can access it by clicking on the CUSTOMIZE A COPY button below your map.

The switch to feet is really easy. Go to the Settings panel and pick Feet from the drop-down Units menu. This action will cause all contours and mountain peaks labels to switch to feet globally.

For more detailed information about Contours attributes, please check the Countours schema.

Conclusion

With the switch of the Units in MapTiler Customize, you can easily change the contours and mountain peaks in your map from meters to feet.

Next steps

Continue to Improve terrain visualization in glacial regions to learn how to style contour lines that intersect glaciers in your map on MapTiler Cloud.

Useful links

Improve terrain visualization in glacial regions
MapTiler Contours | Schema
MapTiler Planet | Schema | Mountain peak