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Relief Portrayal

Explore absolute and relative relief portrayal methods, combining techniques for dynamic relief portrayal, and the use of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) in mapping landscapes. Learn about contour lines, isobaths, hypsometric tinting, and more.

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Relief Portrayal

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  1. Relief Portrayal January 23, 2006 Geog 258: Maps and GIS DePaul University Hwang, Sungsoon 황성순

  2. Outlines How relief is portrayed? • Absolute-relief portrayal methods • Relative-relief portrayal methods • Combining relief portrayal methods • Dynamic relief portrayal Digital data for relief portrayal • DEM (Digital Elevation Model)

  3. 1. Absolute-relief methods • Provides relief in a numeric scale • You can determine exact value of elevation or water depth at individual points from this kind of map • Designed to give precise measurements • You can measure slope from this kind of map • You can create profile from this kind of map • Common methods include • Contours: lines of equal elevation • Isobath: lines of equal water depth • Hypsometic tints: color-coded contour interval

  4. Contours • Think of contours as lines obtained by cutting terrain horizontally with imaginary planes in equal intervals • Contours are lines of equal elevation

  5. Types of contours • What would terrain look like inside depression contour? • Not all contours are labeled: index contour is labeled, shown as thick lines

  6. What is contour interval from this map?

  7. Isobaths • Lines of equal water depth Further questions: Any difference compared to contour map?

  8. Hypsometric tinting • Space between contour lines is color-coded Does this look better than a contour map? Why do you think so?

  9. Hypsometric tint Is color coding scheme good?

  10. Hypsometric tint & Contours

  11. Spectral color progression

  12. Vignetted* hypsometric tints *Vignette definition: In photography and optics, vignetting  is a reduction of an image's brightness or saturation at the periphery compared to the image center. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignetting

  13. 2. Relative-relief methods • Designed to give a general impression of relative heights of landform rather than its exact values at individual points • Focused on providing realistic presentation of relief • Different ways to create 3D effect • Commonly used methods include • Physical relief model: raised relief • Perspective view: oblique vantage point • Relief shading: imaginary light source

  14. Physical model of relief • Physical 3D model of relief Raised relief globes Raised relief topographic map Relief models

  15. Perspective views • Creates 3D effect with oblique vantage points

  16. Perspective views Landscape drawings

  17. Perspective views Fishnet maps (terrain profiles) Block diagram

  18. Relief shading • Creates 3D effect using an imaginary light source Shaded relief map Vertical aerial photo

  19. 3. Combining relief methods • Absolute methods are good for making measurements, but does not give general sense of terrain variation • Relative methods are good for gaining a general impression, but it does not give precise measurements • Why not combine both?

  20. Which methods are combined in this map?

  21. Which methods are combined in this map?

  22. Which methods are combined in this map?

  23. Which methods are combined in this map?

  24. Which methods are combined in this map?

  25. Which methods are combined in this map?

  26. Which methods are combined in this map?

  27. Which methods are combined in this map?

  28. 4. Dynamic relief portrayal • Putting relief portrayal into motion • Can gain dynamic impression of landform • Animated methods • A sequence of maps is animated  detect changes • A series of images taken from different vantage points are combined to create animation  fly-over • Interactive methods • You can choose the location, vantage points, and so on

  29. Demo Shuttle Radar • http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ See the Africa image above and its caption at the PIA04965. A fly around video of the Crater Highlands of Tanzania, using SRTM elevation data and Landsat images is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1335. These additional fly around videos further illustrate SRTM elevation data: India and the Himalaya Mountains, with Landsat satellite images draped over SRTM elevation data. View the full size movie here.A smaller version can be viewed here.

  30. Additional Site • Another site if you have the time or interest • http://www.truflite.com/

  31. 5. Digital Elevation Model • Some maps can be made by hand • Relief globe, hachures, block diagram • These days maps are increasingly generated by computers • Shaded relief map, profile map, fly-over • Combining methods are easily manipulated • Basis of computer-generated terrain mapping is Digital Elevation Model (DEM) • DEM stores elevation or water depth in regularly sampled points • DEM can be thought of as varying elevation values stored in matrices

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