Making 3D Terrain Maps

Tom Patterson, US National Park Service

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Kenai Fjords, Alaska. (Click map to enlarge.)

--Contents--------------------------------------------------Updated: March 19, 2017

 

Introduction (December 27, 2016)

Should you make a 3D map? (December 28, 2016)

Scene setup (December 28, 2016)

Camera: Direction (December 30, 2016)

Camera: Pitch (December 30, 2016)

Camera: Lens (January 2, 2017)

Vertical exaggeration (January 2, 2017)

Selective vertical exaggeration (January 4, 2017)

Light settings (January 7, 2017)

Multiple lights (January 8, 2017)

Sky or no sky? (January 14, 2017)

Foreground shadows and background haze (January 15, 2017)

Horizon haze (January 28, 2017)

False horizon and sky (January 23, 2017)

Clouds (January 29, 2017)

Embellishments (February 7, 2017)

Valley fog (February 11, 2017)

Pseudo-perspective maps (February 20, 2017)

Curved horizons (February 26, 2017)

Earth from space (March 5, 2017)

Water: Reflections and waves (March 12, 2017)

Water: Sun glints (March 12, 2017)

Water: Flooded land (March 12, 2017)

Natural color (March 18, 2017)

Draped images (March 18, 2017)

Bump maps (March 19, 2017)

Lines (March 19, 2017)

Type (March 19, 2017)

With spring about to arrive, it is time to end this series, get away from the computer, and go outside. I hope that you find the information useful!

 

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