Document Type
Map
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
This map of Utah's Southwest features a cartographic illustration created by draping four cross-blended hypsometric tint ramps over a grayscale hillshade. A hypsometric tint ramp is essentially a blend of one or more colors that is associated with an elevation range. A cross-blended hypsometric tint derived image consists of two or more color ramps with at least one ramp presenting the terrain in a "dry" condition and the other in a "moist" or vegetated condition. The addition of a satellite image derived vegetation index allows vegetation colors to appear where the terrain is vegetated irrespective of elevation.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Robert J., and R. Douglas Ramsey. 2004. Map of Utah's Southwest. Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratory, Quinney College of Natural Resources, Utah State University.
