Hillshading Alternatives

 
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These procedures for hillshading alternatives were developed by Pat Kennelly and Jon Kimerling as published in or referred to by articles in Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS), Cartographic Perspectives, ArcUser, and the Journal of Geoscience Education.

1) Illuminated contour article
        appr 20M
    Procedure only
    (appendix to article)
        appr 300K

  
example of illuminated contour procedure # #
 
Mount St. Helens &
Mount Adams, WA

 

2) Hachure article
    (See Methodology) 
           appr 2M

    Procedure only
    (no illustrations)
          appr 120K

example hachure procedure # #
 
Mount Rainier, WA

 

3) Point symbol procedure
               appr 9K
example point symbol procedure # #
Rocky Mountain Front &
Flathead Lake, Montana

 

4) Inclined contour procedures
          appr 80K		 example inclined countours
 
Highland Mountains
south of Butte, Montana

 

 

5) Hillshading with oriented halftones
          app 8 Mb

 		 example 5-half shading
 
Sweet Grass Hills, north-central Montana