3D Surface Maps
The 3D surface map uses shading and color to emphasize your data features. Change the lighting, display angle and tilt with a click of the mouse. Overlay several surface maps to generate informative block diagrams.
Create exciting 3D surface maps from your XYZ data!
Image courtesy of Igor Yashayaev, Bedford Institute of Oceanography,
Fisheries and Oceans, Canada.
3D Surface Map Features
- Specify surface color gradation, shininess, base fill and line color
- Control mesh line frequency, color, style, surface offset
- Set lighting horizontal and vertical angles, ambient, diffuse, and specular properties
- Overlay contour maps, image maps, post maps, shaded relief maps, raster and vector base maps, and other surface maps for spectacular presentations
- Choose overlay resample method and resolution, color modulation (blending) of surface and overlays
- Save and load custom color map files for the exact desired display
- Use one of the built-in presets as the color map
- Add color scales to explain the data values corresponding to each color
- Disable the display of blanked grid nodes or map the blanked areas to a specific Z level
Combining surface maps is an excellent technique to visually compare data sets.
Image courtesy of Igor Yashayaev, Bedford Institute of Oceanography,
Fisheries and Oceans, Canada.
Overlay surface maps to visually depict changes with depth!
Show the surface as a construction of mesh lines, and overlay filled contours on top for a powerful display.
Create photo-realistic 3D models containing both terrain and ground cover detail by
overlaying 3D surfaces with aerial photography, satellite imagery or other images.