![]() ![]() The first of these categories is referred to as ‘practical’. There are some means of creating raised relief maps that significantly minimize vertical exaggeration, but most people use Raised relief maps to get a general sense of a landscape’s topography and aren’t using them for navigation purposes.įorm or Function? As far as utilization is concerned, raised relief maps fall into two categories. ![]() Showcasing realistic texture and topography frequently necessitates significantly altering certain dimensions in a practice commonly referred to as “vertical exaggeration.” Through this, the height of mountains, cliffsides, buildings, hills, and other landmarks can be stretched anywhere from 10% to even 1000% of what’s appropriate for the map’s overall scale, creating the appearance of massive features regardless of their real-world scale.Īccuracy is often traded for texture and presentation, resulting in a less objectively, scientifically reliable map. These 3D terrain maps may – in many ways – appear more realistic than their flat counterparts, but they’re not necessarily more accurate. ![]() While these raised reliefs can be aesthetically pleasing, and physically interactive, it’s important to take these representations with a grain of salt. ![]()
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