The resolution is 720 meters for California, Texas, New York and Florida. Starting with Washington/Oregon, we have dramatically increased the resolution to 180 meters. Older applications will include this improvement in their next release.

Topography of Washington and Oregon	Western part of the Grand Canyon

Details

The only detail available is the elevation at the selected point.

Options

Transparency Determines how much the underlying layer(s) will show through this layer. Color scheme Normal uses the familiar color palette Greyscale uses a straight greyscale palette which may be useful in combination with other layers Shading If selected, artificial highlights and shadows will be generated to highlight the relief. Fine-grained If performance is a problem, you can turn this option off to get a more coarse-grained (but much faster) rendition.

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