Computer-generated shaded-relief images
Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey
By: R. M. Batson, Kathleen Edwards, and E. M. Eliason
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Abstract
Digital image-processing techniques have been developed to make shaded-relief images from digitized topographic data. The resulting images have at least two advantages over aerial photographs: (1) The images are true map projections containing no relief-induced distortion, and (2) tonal variation is unambiguously identified with relief, rather than with snow, vegetation, or other albedo variations. Parallax can be introduced into these images in the computer, and stereoscopic pairs can thus be created.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Computer-generated shaded-relief images |
| Series title | Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 1975 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U. S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 401 |
| Last page | 408 |
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