This week was focused on creating elevation maps and understanding how they are visualized. An elevation map can be displayed in numerous different ways. Normally, features such as contour lines, hillshading, and colors are used to symbolize this change in landscape throughout the study area that is shown. Most times, these contour lines are labeled so the viewer can understand the incremental change that is happening across the landscape. Here, we used a mask to create a somewhat transparent effect around our labels opposed to a white or grey background. I chose a color scheme that showed white colors at the highest portion of the area.
In the map below I took the hillshaded relief map that was given as well as the classification layer that was included. The classification layer needed a little bit of work to create more of a hierarchy in elevation opposed to a mess of random colors. I tinkered with the transparency numerous times trying to create the perfect amount of detail with the hillshading feature as well as the colors that were chosen to represent the landscape(different species of trees, nonforrested areas, and water features). The legend is the main focal point of this map due to it being a landcover classsification map and the most important element that is featured.
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