Perceptually shaded slope maps for the visualization of digital surface models

Cartographica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 225-240

  Pingel, Thomas ^a   Clarke, Keith ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

LiDAR; Scene recognition; Terrain visualization; Visual analytics

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LIDAR; SATELLITE DATA; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRAIN; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84923568444     PISSN: 03177173     EISSN: 19119925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/carto.49.4.2141     Document Type: Article

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