One of the most difficult task in cartography is creating realistic and/or aesthetically pleasing relief shading. Two sites offer an enormous wealth of information for cartographers.
Tom Patterson of the US Park Service maintains:
http://www.shadedrelief.com/
Bernhard Jenny and Stefan Räber of the Institue of Cartography in Switzerland maintain:
http://www.reliefshading.com/
Shaded Relief
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Nick Springer
, Oct 19 2004 09:21 AM
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Nick Springer
Owner: Springer Cartographics LLC
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Owner: Springer Cartographics LLC
Director of Design and Web Applications: ALK Technologies Inc.
Chief Creative Officer: Dashflo.com
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