====== The heightfield ====== The heightfield is simply a map of altitudes, which is usually rendered as a greyscale image where black is the minimum altitude and white is the maximum altitude. ===== Example map =====

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Note contour lines have been drawn.

===== Further reading ===== * User-guide topics: * [[l3dt:userguide:ops:hf|Heightfield operations]]. * [[l3dt:userguide:view:schemes:hf|Display schemes]]. * Algorithm information: * [[l3dt:algorithms:hf|Heightfield algorithms]].