Sunday, March 28, 2010

Hypsometric Map 1


This is a Hypsometric map of the moon. Hypsometric maps convey elevation information, in this case in the form of area shading. Maps of this type can be "unclassed" which is to say that there are no breaks in the different colors, that the colors ramp directly with the elevation given a certain equation, so there can be as may colors as there are heights.

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