Modifications of Tanaka's illuminated contour method

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-123

  Kenelly, P ^a   Jon Kimerling, A ^a  

^a MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical hill shading; Aspect slope map; Geographic visualization; Illuminated contours; MKS ASPECTTM; Relief contour method; Tanaka method

Indexed keywords

LIGHTING; MAPS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VISUALIZATION;

TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT;

CONTOUR MAP; MAPPING METHOD; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VISUALIZATION;

JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 0035299405     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304001782173709     Document Type: Article

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