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raster (version 1.8-3)

hillShade: Hill shading

Description

Compute hill shade from slope and aspect layers (both in radians). Slope and aspect can be computed with slopeAspect. A hill shade layer is often used as a backdrop on top of which another, semi-transparant, layer is drawn.

Usage

hillShade(slope, aspect, angle=45, direction=0, filename='', ...)

Arguments

slope
RasterLayer object with slope values (in radians)
aspect
RasterLayer object with aspect values (in radians)
angle
The the elevation angle of the light source (sun), in degrees
direction
The direction (azimuth) angle of the light source (sun), in degrees
filename
Character. Optional filename
...
Standard additional arguments for writing RasterLayer files

References

Horn, B.K.P., 1981. Hill shading and the reflectance map. Proceedings of the IEEE 69(1):14-47

See Also

slopeAspect

Examples

Run this code
dem <- getData('alt', country='CHE')
slas <- slopeAspect(dem)
hill <- hillShade(slas[[1]], slas[[2]], 40, 270)
plot(hill, col=grey(0:100/100), legend=FALSE, main='Switzerland')
plot(dem, col=rainbow(25, alpha=0.35), add=TRUE)

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