[Qgis-user] SRTM-plug-in?

[Bernd Vogelgesang]

Hi,
there once was a plug-in in the repository, that downloaded SRTM-DEM data  
for your canvas area.
This was a quite convenient function. The "normal" way to find the  
websites, browse through clunky dialogs etc. and then download sth which  
then maybe has to be stitched together to be usable is not so nice.

Does anyone has an idea where this plug-in came from and where it went to?  
Were there some legal issues, or hasn't it just been updated and got  
deprecated?

I would really like to see such a function come back into QGIS, especially  
in combination with the QGIS2threejs-plug-in, it would give the  
opportunity to create quick 3D-visualizations of your area.

Cheers
Bernd