DIGITAL ROCK AND SCREE DRAWING IN VECTOR AND RASTER MODE

Jürg GILGEN, Bernhard JENNY

ABSTRACT: This paper explains how rock representations are drawn in vector and raster mode at the Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, the National Mapping Agency of Switzerland. The drawing efficiency is compared of both LorikCartographer by Lorienne, a cartographic application for drawing in vector mode, and the raster graphics application Photoshop by Adobe. Additionally, Scree Painter is introduced, a specialized complementary application for the automatic drawing of scree representations.

Keywords: Rock representation, swisstopo, LorikCartographer, Adobe Photoshop, Scree Painter.

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