TOPO Name
TOPO Purpose
Make a monochrome shaded relief view of a surface.
Category
Calling Sequence
t = topo(z, az, ax) Inputs
z = array of elevations to shade. in
az = light source angle from zenith in deg (def = 45). in
ax = light source angle from x axis in deg (def = 45). in
Keyword Parameters
Keywords
DELTA=d Set a range of slopes in degrees to map to 0 to 1.
Delta is relative to sun angle. Try small value, 5 or 10.
ZERO=v Value (0 to 1) to map zero slope (flat surface) to.
May be used with DELTA (DELTA=10 if not given with ZERO).
Outputs
Common Blocks
Notes
Note: there are no true shadows. DELTA and ZERO give better
control over brightness and avoid low sun angles returning
low brightness results. The operation of DELTA and ZERO
are roughly: ZERO is brightness, DELTA is contrast.
Best values depend on the data but ZERO=.5 and DELTA
around 5 to 15 might be reasonable.
Modification History
R. Sterner. 19 Nov, 1987.
R. Sterner, 27 Jan, 1993 --- dropped reference to array.
R. Sterner, 1994 Jun 6 --- Made a minor memory savings.
R. Sterner, 1994 Jun 28 --- Added DELTA and ZERO keywords.
R. Sterner, 2010 May 23 --- Converted arrays from () to [].
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Copyright (C) 1987, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
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