| Pictorial Guide to Model Building | ||||||||
| From contour lines to 3D map | ||||||||
Contour lines: the foundation |
Digital elevation model (DEM) |
Hillshade based on the DEM |
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Combining hillshade and DEM to get a shaded relief map |
Digital raster graphic (DRG) overlay of a shaded relief map |
A triangular irregular network (TIN) made from contour lines. |
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