topic Alternative Methods to Generate Shaded Relief? in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659031#M37338 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am wondering if there is any other way to build shaded relief within ArcGIS besides using the Hilshade tool, since we do not have 3D/Spatial Analyst.&nbsp; We would like to use our LIDAR data to produce the relief. Of the LIDAR data, we currently have a terrain file, and an elevation points file to work with.&nbsp; I would be willing to use other software for this, but only if I can bring the final relief into ArcMap as a raster, for use in a cached map service.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you all in advance!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Colter</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:19:22 GMT ColterSikora1 2011-08-22T13:19:22Z Alternative Methods to Generate Shaded Relief? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659031#M37338 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am wondering if there is any other way to build shaded relief within ArcGIS besides using the Hilshade tool, since we do not have 3D/Spatial Analyst.&nbsp; We would like to use our LIDAR data to produce the relief. Of the LIDAR data, we currently have a terrain file, and an elevation points file to work with.&nbsp; I would be willing to use other software for this, but only if I can bring the final relief into ArcMap as a raster, for use in a cached map service.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you all in advance!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Colter</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:19:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659031#M37338 ColterSikora1 2011-08-22T13:19:22Z Re: Alternative Methods to Generate Shaded Relief? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659032#M37339 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Colter,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you have ArcGIS 10.0 then you can use the hillshade / shaded relief from the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Image_Analysis_window_Processing_section/009t000000m7000000/">Image Analysis window</A><SPAN>. Once you get the result you like you can export it as a raster dataset. You do not need a Spatial analysis license for that.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Robert</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:41:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659032#M37339 RobertBerger 2011-08-22T14:41:40Z Re: Alternative Methods to Generate Shaded Relief? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659033#M37340 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have not been able to make the terrain file work with Image Analysis.&nbsp; I also have contour lines available, but I am still not finding any tools that I have access to (I have no access to 3D or Spatial Analyst).&nbsp; Any other ideas?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Colter</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:19:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659033#M37340 ColterSikora1 2011-12-13T16:19:20Z Re: Alternative Methods to Generate Shaded Relief? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659034#M37341 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Are you referring&nbsp; to a geodatabase terrain dataset or is it some other terrian file? A terrain dataset cannot be used within an Image Analysis window , you need to have a raster dataset to use within your Image Analysis window.&nbsp; You can get a 60 day trial version of Spatial Analyst extension. Here is the link to request for a free trial,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/spatialanalyst/evaluate.html">http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/spatialanalyst/evaluate.html</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>-Gayu</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:06:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659034#M37341 GayathriAlallasundaram 2011-12-15T17:06:10Z Re: Alternative Methods to Generate Shaded Relief? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659035#M37342 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>GDAL has a command line tool, gdaldem.&nbsp; You can write a geotiff as the output.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"> gdaldem hillshade in.tif out.tif </PRE></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 03:53:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/alternative-methods-to-generate-shaded-relief/m-p/659035#M37342 KyleShannon 2021-12-12T03:53:34Z