Abstract
Aerial perspective is an essential design principle for shaded relief that emphasizes high elevation terrain using strong luminance contrast and low elevations with low contrast. Aerial perspective results in a more expressive shaded relief and helps the reader to understand the structure of a landscape more easily. We introduce a simple yet effective method for adding aerial perspective to shaded relief that is easy to control by the mapmaker.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 21-28 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Cartography and Geographic Information Science |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- aerial perspective
- atmospheric depth
- hillshade
- proximity luminance covariance
- shaded relief
- Swiss style relief shading