Vision and reflection on Mining Software Repositories research in 2024
Relief inversion effect in terrain representations: Where should we place the light source? (Julien Biland)
1. Relief inversion effect in terrain represen-
tations: Where should we place the light
source?
Julien Biland, Dr. Arzu Coltekin
ISPRS Geospatial Week 2015, 1 October 2015
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Biland and Coltekin (accepted). An empirical assessment of the impact of the light direction
on relief inversion effect in shaded relief maps: NNW is better than NW.
Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS)
2. Julien Biland & Arzu Coltekin
The
red
dots
appear
to
lie
on..?
Quickbird image
Xinjiang, China
Ridge
3. Julien Biland & Arzu Coltekin
And
image
upside
down
Quickbird image
Xinjiang, China
Ridge
4. Julien Biland & Arzu Coltekin
The
red
dots
appear
to
lie
on..?
Ikonos image
Mt Richmond, New Zealand
Ridge
5. Julien Biland & Arzu Coltekin
And
image
upside
down
Ikonos image
Mt Richmond, New Zealand
Ridge
6. Julien Biland & Arzu Coltekin
Contradic8ons?
Quickbird image
Chagang, North Korea
Valley
7. Julien Biland & Arzu Coltekin
Contradic8ons?
§ Geo-knowledge can hint that your perception is wrong
§ and maybe it overrides your initial shape perception
§ Shape perception dependent on:
§ Familiarity
§ Assumption of light position
§ Convexity-bias
8. Julien Biland & Arzu Coltekin
How
to
judge
true
landform
shape
in
SRM?
Ridge
Caucasus