Africa - with Rivers and Lakes Included

NASA/JPL/NIMA. “AfricaSRTM-Water-picasa.jpg” Online Image. Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. 16 May 2005 73kb. 552×604px. <http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA04965_modest.jpg>

Africa - with Rivers and Lakes Included

This image shows an SRTM data set for the continent of Africa. It includes water, ie lakes, rivers, etc. added in. It was created from an original map produced from data obtained by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Using Google's free Picasa2 program, the color and lighting were enhanced and then sharpened to obtain the image above. The original image can be viewed at the NASA link above. (Here's an important note for this image if you have looked at other SRTM data maps. The green and yellow colors have obviously been reversed from the Africa map with normal SRTM colors, probably by mistake.)