Just a quick post about the latest Maperitive release: it can now do hillshading. I’ve improved the hillshading algorithm previously used in Kosmos so it now better handles missing SRTM elevations (no more “hellholes’”). I’ve also added a few additional parameters to the hillshading command.

Here’s a sample hillshading of Swiss Alps around Engandin:

Engandin

I’ve selected this area (and the blue tint shade) because I wanted to make a small tribute to Eduard Imhof’s Relief of Switzerland:

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It doesn’t come close to his beautiful work, but I guess that’s the way it should be.