Use a background map with hill shading

[RedAuburn]

This would give a lot of context to the waterways, especially in mountainous places like the Scottish highlands.

[amandasaurus]

That would certainly be useful!

Do you have an idea for a map tiles service we can use? Or a patch adding that?

[RedAuburn]

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Raster_tile_providers mentions that Tracestack Topo is free for non-commercial use - @quinncnl is that right? If so it'd be great to use it :)

[quinncnl]

Hi! I'm happy to sponsor a 1 million monthly tile access for waterwaymap. Maybe you could add a basemap switcher also?

[RedAuburn]

Amazing, thank you so much! @amandasaurus wdyt?

[amandasaurus]

I think including a map with hill shading data is a great idea! For that we'd need a base map switcher. I'm sure somewhere in the settings.

@quinncnl I'm very happy to take tracestrack topo support. I think your map style is fantastic and really fills a need in the OSM space! I'm a little wary about having to deal with API keys. I want to keep this lower maintenance for me.

If someone wants to propose a path/PR that would help things get along.

[quinncnl]

@amandasaurus I can provide a URL template with API key. If someone can do the PR I'll help with the URL part!