Eduard: Swiss-Style Relief Shading for Maps Using Machine Learning
In Swiss-Style Relief shading, the light comes from North West, which is impossible in the northern hemisphere. This makes sunny south facing slopes shaded and shaded north facing slopes light.Legend says that this was an intentional design decision, because right handed people usually have their desk lighting on the top left of their desk, giving the map a 3D like appearance.Here's an article on the topic (german only), it seems to have caused quite the debate back in the day: https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/home.detail.news.html/swis...