After you add a raster-based surface to your map (such as a Digital Elevation Model or ESRI Grid file), you can analyze it in various ways.
This illustration shows: the default appearance of a 3D surface (left), themed by elevation (center), with hillshading (right).
Analyze a raster-based surface (such as a Digital Elevation Model or ESRI Grid file) in the following ways.
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Add contour lines to a surface to make a contour map, also referred to as a topographic map. |
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Drape 2D map data on 3D surfaces to view all the data as a 3D texture map. |
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View, navigate, and walk or fly through a 3D map to view the map from different perspectives. |
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Use hillshading to cast real-world shadows on a surface to make it look more realistic and easier to analyze. |
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Change the vertical exaggeration to control how extreme the elevation changes appear. |
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Use theming and change colors to analyze elevation, slope, aspect, and more. |