Digital Elevation Model of the Altai Mountains, Saelyugem ridge (Optimus / Power Red / SWW / Warm Color / Hard Color / Color Class / SAT...)

The presented image is a visualization of a digital elevation model (DEM) of the Altai Mountains and vicinity (Big Altai Mountains, Altai Mts). This is the result of the interpretation of the land surface radar mapping data (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, SRTM Version 4, 2008) and its subsequent processing using the ArcGIS Desktop v10.3.0. Esri Inc., application tools and also using a graphical editor.
	
	Cartographic image: accent / fragment
PMM: ArcGIS Desktop v10.3.0. Esri Inc., graphical editor.
Thematic layers: high-rise model of the land surface, shadow relief shading
Hillshade based on Cluster method modified for slope - Cluster Hillshade (Slope), World Hillshade Dark (Esri, Airbus DS, USGS, NGA, NASA, CGIAR, N Robinson, NCEAS, NLS, OS, NMA, Geodatastyrelsen, Rijkswaterstaat, GSA, Geoland, FEMA, Intermap and the GIS user community), gradient elevation coloring, map design elements.
	
	Cartographic image: SAT - Landsat MS
PMM: ArcGIS Desktop v10.3.0. Esri Inc., graphical editor.
Thematic layers: one satellit images - Landsat MS, map design elements.
Landsat 8  OLI/TIRS C1 Level-1 (Landsat Product ID: LC08_L1TP_143025_20201002_20201007_01_T1., NASA-USGS, 
New realistic and more visual cartographic image.

	
	Comment
1. Chikchacheva ridge / Saelyugem ridge (mongol. "Siylhem nuruu") a bright mountain range located in the north-east of Big Altai uul belongs to 6 massifs of the Mongolian Altai, the peaks of which exceed 4,000 meters. Highest point: Tugren Uul (4,029 / 4,004 m), coordinates summit: 49,799167 / 89,754167 (49° 47', 57'' N / 89° 45', 15'' O). Saelyugem ridge occupies a cross-border position between Russia and Mongolia.
2. The glacial cluster includes more than 85 glaciers, the total glaciated area of the entire Chikchacheva / Saelyugem mountain range is more than 29 square kilometers.
3. World Imagery (ESRI Inc.) provides one meter or better satellite and aerial imagery in many parts of the world and lower resolution satellite imagery worldwide. The map includes 15m TerraColor imagery at small and mid-scales and 2,5m SPOT Imagery for the world.  In other parts of the world, 1 meter resolution imagery is available from GeoEye IKONOS, AeroGRID, and IGN Spain. Additionally, imagery at different resolutions has been contributed by the GIS User Community. When preparing the design of a series of unified images, a scale scale and a circular scale with divisions in degrees were used (MapTools Inc.).
4. Compiled from a variety of sources, including contributions from the GIS User Community, the World Hillshade (Dark) map provides a multi-directional terrain hillshade rendering of 24-meter elevation data globally and 10-meter or better in many parts of the world. Inspired by the legendary Swiss artist, Eduard Imhof, multi-directional hillshade maps present unparalleled views of the world’s mountains, plateaus, valleys and canyons by using an algorithm that computes light source from six different directions (as opposed to one direction in a default hillshade). The result is a stunning visualization in both high slope and expressionless areas. This Dark version of our World Hillshade is especially useful in building maps that provide terrain context while highlighting feature layers and labels.
5. Multispectral images that include data outside the human-visible spectrum provide more complete information about the Earth's surface.
6. Design versions when using methods of analytical shadow relief shading, in combination with different types of hypsometric scales. GIS application tools provide researchers with ample opportunities for their interpretation, visualization, creating a more realistic image of the landscape and maps.
	
	Source:
Ganyushkin D.A. Glaciogenic complexes of the sharply continental region of the north-west of Inner Asia / dissertation ... Doctor of Geography: 25.00.23 - Physical geography and biogeography, soil geography and landscape geochemistry / Ganyushkin Dmitry Anatolyevich / - St. Petersburg, 2016 . - 430 p.
	
	Data source:
ArcGIS Online Viewer, Esri Inc. https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html 
ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, Esri Inc. https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/en/ 
Consortium for Spatial Information of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR-CSI). http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org
Global Mapper Software LLC. http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/global-mapper.php
Peakbagger.com (PBC Database), An online resource for summit-focused hikers, climbers, and mountain lovers / http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx
U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation & Science Center (EROS). https://landsatlook.usgs.gov/viewer.html
 

Spheroid: WGS, 1984
Geographic Coordinate System (GCS Datum): World Geodetic System, WGS 1984 (EPSG: 4326)
Projection: World Equidistant Conic
Prime Meridian: Greenwich
Central Meridian: 90,0
Scale 1:55,000-1:25,000

Cartographer & Designer: Abdulmyanov S.N.
		
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