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I'm having troubles too. I picked Mts Rainier, Adams, and St Helen as my test area and can't help but prefer the conventional. Is there a good area that makes

• thehappypm 5y ago
  I think that those scenarios, where it’s just big pointy cylindrical mountains, are very well served by contour plots. I also struggle with this approach, but it does show a lot of interesting detail for things like river valleys and smaller mountains.
• phire 5y ago
  There doesn't seem to be an advantage in mountainous regions. I think it might actually be detrimental. But try looking at reasonably flat areas that show up as almost a single color on traditional terrain maps. The whole Mississippi river catchment area; Florida; England (especially in contrast to Scotland and Wales); Australia.
  • notahacker 5y ago
    What you gain in definition of some of England's smaller hills, you lose in definition of coastlines. The low lying areas only a few metres above sea level are indistinguishable from sea!