tanaka

Design Shaded Contour Lines (or Tanaka) Maps

Last update: 28 November 2023

Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 3.0

Software version identifier: 0.3.0, 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.2.0, 0.4.0

Description

The Tanaka method enhances the representation of topography on a map using shaded contour lines. In this simplified implementation of the method, north-west white contours represent illuminated topography and south-east black contours represent shaded topography. See Tanaka (1950) <doi:10.2307/211219>.

Cites work

The Relief Contour Method of Representing Topography on Maps