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Overview
This poster shows a chromostereoscopic colour shaded relief (CSR) map of the
Antarctica region using EASI commands. The map was created using the terrestrial
and hydrographic elevation data obtained from the National Geophysical Data
Center (NGDC). The integration of hydrographic and terrestrial datainvolved
importing from different file formats, registration, merging and reprojection.
In order to obtain the CSR, land/water features were separated and different colour
schemes were applied to each.
Downloading
The data was downloaded from:-
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
- http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html (ETOPO1 data)
- http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/globe.html (GLOBE data)
Importing
Both ETOPO1 and Globe datasets were imported into a PIX file usingFIMPORT.
Using PROSET in EASI the coordinate system for ETOPO1 was defined using the
metadata from the NGDC website above.
Integration
The two datasets were then integrated into a seamless composite DEM with 1 arc-
minute bathymetric and 30 arc-second terrestrial elevations. Using IMERGE the two
PIX files were combined into a single composite PIX file while retaining best
resolution of each data.
Merging Globe
Multiple Globe tiles downloaded were combined into one PIX file, usingIMERGE
with the same pixel size, extents and coordinate system.
Adding ETOPO1
Using IMERGE again the ETOPO1 data was added to the GLOBE data as separate
channel, as IMERGE is capable of handling datasets different extents, coordinate
systems and pixel sizes.
Mask
A mask was created using the model on statement, which stated to turn on any
GLOBE DEM pixels are not equal to -500(no data value).
Merging
After the DEMs were placed in the same PIX file, they were merged into a third channel to
finalize the integration process.
Projection
A Gnomonic projection was used to showthe Antarctic region. This is a common projection
used extensively in photography. Hence it should create a good CSR map. The re-projection
parameters were copied to userproj.txt and REPROJ command was used in EASI to re-
project.
Colour Shaded Relief
Shaded Relief
A shaded relief of the entire DEM was produced using the REL command in EASI.
Scaling Land & Water DEMs
Using the SCALE command land and water elevation values were separated into different
8-bit channels.
Pseudo-Colour Tables
A PCT was created for both land & water DEM and exported into PIX file using the
PCTREAD command. The PCTs were then encoded into separate RED, Green, Blue channels
in the PIX file.
Merging RGB & Shaded Relief
The two pairs of RGB channels were then merged back together to create a seamless colour
image. Using the Weighted Multiplication method the final CSR was created. The shaded
relief was assigned 0.3 weight and the RGB channels were assigned 0.7 weight.





Prepared By: Naman Malhotra
Disclaimer: This is a student project and shall not be used for any other purposes.
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