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ReliefImage[array]

generates a relief image of an array of height values.

Details and Options
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
Scope  
Options  
ClippingStyle  
ColorFunction  
LightingAngle  
Method  
PlotRange  
Possible Issues  
Neat Examples  
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ReliefImage

ReliefImage[array]

generates a relief image of an array of height values.

Details and Options

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Use elevation data to display shaded terrain:

Relief shading of an image to enhance details:

Display density data with shading:

Scope  (1)

Shadings with no color:

Use predefined gradients:

Options  (17)

ClippingStyle  (3)

Clipped regions are not shown by default:

Use pink to fill the clipped regions:

Use gray where the surface is clipped at the top and purple where it is clipped at the bottom:

ColorFunction  (5)

Shadings with no color:

Color by scaled coordinate:

Specify gray-level intensity by scaled coordinate:

Named color gradients color in the direction:

Use brightness to correspond to the height or density of a function:

LightingAngle  (4)

By default, the simulated lighting is placed at , or the top-left corner, with altitude :

Place the light source at 180°, or the left side:

Place the light source at 0°, or the right side of the map, with altitude:

The result with no shading:

Method  (2)

Normally, the "DiffuseReflection" method is used for shading:

Use the "AspectBasedShading" method:

PlotRange  (3)

Normally, ReliefImage uses all points to compute the range:

Automatically compute the range and clip extreme portions of it:

Specify the range to emphasize features:

Possible Issues  (1)

Define two consecutive datasets:

Due to -value scaling, two results may not be consistent:

By specifying the same plot range, two results become consistent with each other:

Neat Examples  (2)

A sum of quotients of norms seen in relief:

Sample a sum of five sine waves in random directions:

Wolfram Research (2010), ReliefImage, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReliefImage.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2010), ReliefImage, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReliefImage.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2010. "ReliefImage." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReliefImage.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2010). ReliefImage. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReliefImage.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_reliefimage, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ReliefImage}", year="2010", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReliefImage.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_reliefimage, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ReliefImage}, year={2010}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReliefImage.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-August-2025]}