APPLYING SWISS MOUNTAIN RELIEF SHADING TECHNIQUES WITHIN RUSSIAN SCHOOL OF CARTOGRAPHY

Marianna SEREBRYAKOVA

ABSTRACT: Inspired by the works of Eduard Imhof in shaded relief mapping and cartographic relief presentation the author reviews Imhof`s legacy and applies it to improvement of Russian school of mountain cartography. The aim of this paper is to expand the knowledge gained through learning the "Swiss Style Coloured Relief Shading" method and its adaptation to the Russian way of depicting relief and natural environment. The paper also focuses on developing new techniques of hypsometric tinting as well as cliff drawings. So far, there is a limited access to pictorial maps created by Russian institutions in the public domain on the Internet, which would demonstrate precise shaded relief of highlands regions of Russia. Development of Russian heritage and interaction with representatives of significant schools all over the world would give rise to mountaineering, widespread tourism, eco tourism around South and East Siberia, Far East, Ural, Caucasus regions. It is therefore concluded that there is a number of ways for Russian mountain relief mapping to be developed and enriched on the basis of Swiss cartographic tradition.

Keywords: Relief shading, hypsometric schemes, Swiss school of cartography.

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