Swiss-Style Colour Relief Shading Modulated by Elevationand by Exposure to Illumination
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2006-12Type
- Journal Article
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Abstract
Maps with coloured relief shading, modulated by elevation and by exposure to illumination, present topography in a particularly vivid and descriptive manner. Carefully modulated illumination and shading shown in continuous colour tones simulate the third dimension of topography, helping map-readers to conceive more easily the terrain's important landforms. Since the end of the 19th century, cartographers have developed a wide variety of colour schemes. The first part of this paper illustrates the graphical and technical developments of the past, leading to Swiss-style coloured relief shading; the second part presents a new computer-based method for colourizing grey-shaded relief inspired by classic colour schemes. The method uses a colour look-up table and a digital elevation model. The colour look-up table has colours for all combinations of initial grey values and terrain elevations. It is constructed from interactively placed colour reference points. Show more
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The Cartographic JournalVolume
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ManeyOrganisational unit
03466 - Hurni, Lorenz / Hurni, Lorenz
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Is cited by: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000201368
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