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Create shaded-relief cube from topographic cube

Overview Parameters Example 1

Description

This program will create a shaded-relief cube from a topographic cube. It uses the sun angle (azimuth) as well as the solar elevation (zenith) to compute the correct shading on the output cube.

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History

Tracie Sucharski2003-01-09 Original version
Tracie Sucharski2003-01-28 Changed category from filter to photometry.
Tracie Sucharski2003-02-07 Changed user parameter names and now read pixel resolution from labels.
Kim Sides2003-05-13 Added application test
Stuart Sides2003-05-16 Modified schema location from astogeology... to isis.astrogeology..."
Stuart Sides2003-07-29 Modified filename parameters to be cube parameters where necessary
Brian Peck2006-12-25 Algorithm change and input parameter change.
Mackenzie Boyd2010-01-06 Reversed slopes to be correct. Changed azimuth to be 0 degrees is 12 o'clock rotating clockwise. Updated documentation to match.
Steven Lambright2012-11-19 Abstracted out the hillshade algorithm (the algorithm that computes the resulting values from this program) into it's own class. This program's code has changed to utilize the new class, but the functionality should be unchanged. References #1232.
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Files: FROM

Description

Use this parameter to select the input filename. All bands within the file will have the shade applied.

Type cube
File Mode input
Filter *.cub
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Files: TO

Description

This file will contain the shaded output image.

Type cube
File Mode output
Pixel Type real
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Sun Parameters: AZIMUTH

Description

The direction of sun with 0 degrees at the 12:00, north position, rotating clockwise. Ranging from 0 to 359.9.

Type double
Default 90.0
Minimum 0 (inclusive)
Maximum 360 (exclusive)
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Sun Parameters: ZENITH

Description

The Sun Angle is the elevation at which the sun is relative to the planet horizon. 90 degrees is at the horizon, 0 is directly overhead.

Type double
Default 45.0
Minimum 0 (inclusive)
Maximum 90 (inclusive)
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SCALE PARAMETERS: PIXELRESOL

Description

The pixel resolution of the image. This parameter will default to the value from the labels or may be used to increase or decrease the apparent steepness. If no mapping group exists, the user must enter a pixel resolution. Greater than the image's pixel resolution will level and smooth, and less than will make steep and sharpen.

Type double
Internal Default Automatic
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