Monday, July 28, 2014

DEM (Digital Elevation Map)




A DEM  is a  3 dimensional map that uses contrasting color to represent elevation over a large area.  Above is a DEM of Nigeria.  The higher the elevation is represented by a orange color and as the elevation goes down then the color becomes green then blue.  It is also  a 3 dimensional map because it has shadowing represented by the black shadows in the information.

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