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Relief Maps

Create 3-D relief maps, drape data over terrain, customize shading and lighting

A relief map illustrates terrain or other surface texture by using shading and lighting. Use these functions to create relief maps from gridded data, adjust shading and lighting, exaggerate terrain, and apply colormaps. You can also drape data over elevation maps.

Functions

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meshlsrm3-D lighted shaded relief of regular data grid on axesm-based map
surflm3-D shaded surface with lighting on axesm-based map
surflsrm3-D lighted shaded relief of geolocated data grid on axesm-based map
surfacemProject and add geolocated data grid to axesm-based map
zdatamAdjust z-plane of map object on axesm-based map
demcmapColormaps appropriate to terrain elevation data
lightmProject light objects on axesm-based map
shaderelConstruct cdata and colormap for shaded relief
camposmSet camera position for axesm-based map using geographic coordinates
camtargmSet camera target for axesm-based map using geographic coordinates
camupmSet camera up vector for axesm-based map using geographic coordinates
daspectmControl vertical exaggeration of axesm-based map

Topics

Shade and Light Terrain Maps

Drape Data on Elevation Maps