TopoBathy - Elevation Tinted Hillshade

This map provides an elevation tinted hillshade surface generated dynamically using a chain of server-side functions applied on the TopoBathy layer. A tinted hillshade is a combination of a hillshaded result from the TopoBathy service, fused with a colormap applied to the same TopoBathy service to represent elevation. The hillshading is based on a solar altitude angle of 45 degrees, and solar aspect angle of 315 degrees. The z factor is varied based on scale so that a suitable hillshade is visible at all scales. Update Frequency: Quarterly Coverage: World/Global Data Sources: This layer is compiled from a variety of best available sources from several data providers. To see the coverage and extents of various datasets comprising this service in an interactive map, see World Elevation Coverage Map. What can you do with this layer? Use for Visualization: Yes. This is appropriate for visualizing the shape and height of the terrain at a range of map scales. The image service can be added to applications or maps to enhance a users’ contextual understanding. Use for Analysis: No. To learn more about the technique used in this map to fuse the elevation tint with hillshade, refer NAGI fusion method paper and blog. For more details such as Data Sources, Mosaic method used in this layer, please see the TopoBathy layer. This layer allows query, identify, and export image requests. The layer is restricted to a 5,000 x 5,000 pixel limit in a single export image request. This layer is part of a larger collection of elevation layers that you can use to perform a variety of mapping and analysis tasks.