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World map rendered in cartographic style


World map rendered in cartographic style. Data from World 1 km database on MapRender3D CD generates an image 43,200 x 21,600 pixels.
Sea floor relief of the Chesapeake Bay


Sea floor relief of the Chesapeake Bay using Bathymetry DEM's from http://mapfinder.nos.noaa.gov - NOAA Estuaries of the USA bathymetry data.
Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn showing areas of Chile and Argentina


Detail map of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn showing areas of Chile and Argentina. Data taken from Shuttle SRTM 90 meter data.
Land relief of Iraq and Iran for television broadcasting news


Land relief of Iraq and Iran produced for television broadcasting news backdrop. The relief map has been overlayed with town locations and international borders.
detailed 10 meter resolution of the National Volcanic Park on Hawaii


Highly detailed 10 meter resolution DEM of the National Volcanic Park on "Big" island Hawaii. The detail shows extinct volcano craters. Data can be freely downloaded from the USGS seamless database.
MapRender3D map of the Mediterranean Sea


World 1,000 meter resolution land relief merged with world sea relief at 10,000 meter resolution for a map of the Mediterranean Sea, Northern Africa, and Central Europe. This images uses a Cartographic style palette.
USA vector data provides multi-layered and editable geo-political information

Part of a 100 meter resolution USA DEM rendered using a Digital Wisdom "House" style palette. The USA DEM fully rendered and patched together creates an image 70,800 x 31,200 pixels. USA vector data from the Geocart package provides multi-layered and editable geo-political information such as roads, interstates, rail, cities, county and state borders.
San Francisco waterfront and Alcatraz rendered using 30 meter data


3D rendering of San Francisco waterfront and Alcatraz viewed from over Oakland - using 30 meter data showing hills, docks and islands in the area. Viewing position, light angle and intensity, and vertical exaggeration are fully adjustable.
technical cartographic scientific rendering using contrasting color palettes

Contour maps with selective elevation banding that may be used to identify elevation ranges for technical, cartographic or scientific purposes - the color palettes used to delineate levels can be easily customized as well as the range of heights - the example shows the coast of Oregon state.
Italy and Sicily MapRender3D rendered maps


Design for set of maps for an airline's in-flight magazine. The maps were digitally rendered in a painted look to create terrain images in a soft watercolor style. That style was maintained across European, North American and World maps comprising the series.
East Afghanistan and North West Pakistan rendered by MapRender3D


Osama bin Laden territory - part of the Hindu Kush across Eastern Afghanistan and North-West Pakistan illustrates the difficult terrain. Produced for television series on terrorism.
NorthWestern Afghanistan rendered as a bump map for use with fly-thru


North-Western Afghanistan rendered as a "bump" map for use with "fly-thru" visualization software. The lowest altitudes are black pixels and the highest peaks are white - the elevation is graded into a range of 255 grayscale shades.


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Web page last updated: January 26, 2006