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Efficient Analytical Relief Shading with Python

by Magnus

Introduction Relief shading has a long tradition in Cartography as a means to present the terrain for a map in an intuitive manner. As such, relief shadings are also an ongoing topic of research with recent advances going so far… Read More »Efficient Analytical Relief Shading with Python

Creating Rotated Height Labels for Contour Lines with Python

by Magnus

Introduction Labeled contour lines are a default visual feature on topographic maps. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) such as ArcGIS and QGIS typically allow to display such rotated labels as part of the contour’s styling properties. However, at times it can… Read More »Creating Rotated Height Labels for Contour Lines with Python

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