Unusual Displays of DEMs

Authors

  • J. Ronald Eyton

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14714/CP50.414

Abstract

Three procedures for producing new ways to visualize landforms as maps or images derived from Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) are given. One procedure is used to create a highly detailed circular gray scale image from an azimuthal distribution. A second procedure utilizes the principles associated with x-ray tomography for the construction of a volumetric map from DEM cross-sectional ‘slices’. The conversion of a DEM to a Digital Distance Model (DDM) comprises the third procedure, to provide ‘side-looking’ views of the DEM in a variety of map formats including stereograms. DEMs generated from Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data were used to produce illustrations utilizing the three procedures.

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Published

2005-03-01

How to Cite

Eyton, J. R. (2005). Unusual Displays of DEMs. Cartographic Perspectives, (50), 7–23. https://doi.org/10.14714/CP50.414

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