[comp.graphics.visualization] color map for pseudo digital elevation

sg04@harvey.gte.com (Steven Gutfreund) (02/01/91)

I need to create color coded maps by elevation (or better
pseudo-elevation).  Does anyone have a color map that I can use?

What I would like best is something similar to the color
maps one finds in GIS packages such as UNIRAS. Which
range from deep blue for low values to earth tones to
whites for the mountain peaks.

I understand that some work has been done a ULowell (Chaim Lefkowitz)
on psychological perception of height from color maps. If anyone has a
color map built along these lines, I would greatly appreciate it.

Basically, I am looking for something better than
a standard hue ramp at max saturation.



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