Terrain

What it shows

Turns the map into a relief model using a height for every pixel. Relief shading draws light and shadow on a flat map, and true 3D raises the ground when the map is tilted. Vertical exaggeration can be set from 0.5x to 4x.

Where the data comes from

Mapzen Terrarium elevation tiles on AWS Open Data (from SRTM, ASTER and GMTED); static.

Reading the map

Shading is lit from the north-west, the usual cartographic convention.

Units Elevation in metres.

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Other layers in ground

• Tectonics
• The wires
• What is here
• Glacial lake floods
• Permafrost thaw