There are a number of different maps of Painted Canyon, including a
topographic map (shows contours), a shaded relief map (shows the
landscape as a 3D perspective with shadows), maps showing steepness of slopes,
various combinations of the above, and aerial photographs. Click on the small
images to see larger ones.
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Topographic
map
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Shaded relief
map
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Shaded contour map with no labels |
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QuickTime VR Movie of contours draped over topography for Painted
Canyon. Click and drag sideways to spin and
up-down to tilt the view. The movie file
is large (10 Mb) so give it some time to load.
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Contours
overprinted on a shaded relief map |
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Shaded
relief map colored by elevation (warm colors = high
elevation, cold colors = low elevation) |
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Shaded
relief map colored based on slope (purple is steep, green and blue
are gentle slopes, and yellow is
intermediate in slope) |
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Contours
overprinted on a map showing slopes (purple is steep, green and blue
are gentle slopes, and yellow is
intermediate in slope) |
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Aerial
photograph |
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Aerial photograph, very detailed version. Click on it only if
you really need it (it's a really big file) |
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Aerial photograph and contour map at the same scale |
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