Painted Canyon - Maps

 

 

 

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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.

pc_topo_map.gif (118048 bytes) Topographic map pc_relief.gif (170387 bytes) Shaded relief map
  Shaded contour map with no labels
   
pc_draped_contours.jpg (70067 bytes) 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.
pc_relief_contours.gif (382651 bytes) Contours overprinted on a shaded relief map pc_relief_elevcolor.gif (243291 bytes) Shaded relief map colored by  elevation (warm colors = high elevation, cold colors = low elevation)
pc_relief_slope.gif (311562 bytes) Shaded relief map colored based on slope (purple is steep, green and blue are gentle slopes, and yellow is intermediate in slope) pc_slope_contours.gif (360787 bytes) Contours overprinted on a map showing slopes (purple is steep, green and blue are gentle slopes, and yellow is intermediate in slope)
pc_airphoto.jpg (190748 bytes) Aerial photograph pc_airphoto_detailed.jpg (1416448 bytes) Aerial photograph, very detailed version.  Click on it only if you really need it (it's a really big file)
Aerial photograph and contour map at the same scale