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Topography of South America. Relief map from 1922 that has been recreated using 3D rendering techniques. (files.catbox.moe)
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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago

Would probably hit a lot harder in 3D lol

Would be a fun VR map

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

These kind of relief maps are called "exaggerated", the vertical scale is different from horizontal. If you would zoom in and look from a closer birds eye like view, mountains would look really unrealistic.

Example from r*ddit:

https://i.redd.it/q94c7pqvmhk91.jpg

this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2024
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