Ambient Illumination Hack for Hillshades in ArcGIS Pro
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 Published On Apr 14, 2022

Here's how to stack up multiple "scales" of terrain effects into a rich composite hillshade.

This is an update to some processes that I've shared before. You can dive into the theory and examples of these shorter components here...
Multiscale hillshade:    • One Minute Map Hack: Multi-Scale Hill...  
Using slope for hillshade:    • One Minute Map Hack: Hillshade Withou...  
Hacking a vertical edge detection to crispify terrain:    • One Minute Map Hack: Crustify a Terra...  

If, after all this hillshading, you'd like to use the result in a web map, check this video from CartoRedux showing how to tile it up for the masses.    • How To Make a Shaded Relief Basemap i...  

This video is sponsored by Mrs. Beach, my junior-high and high-school English and creative writing teacher. Thanks Mrs. Beach!

Check this blog post for some more background and a list of the steps: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/prod...

Check out some other social channels where I share how-to's and updates on random map adventures:

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