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Topography of South America. Relief map from 1922 that has been recreated using 3D rendering techniques. (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 4 months ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 7 points 4 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:

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