Vertical exaggeration

A vertically exaggerated mountain. In reality, the terrain would appear much flatter.

Vertical exaggeration (VE) is a scale that is used in raised-relief maps, plans and technical drawings (cross section perspectives), in order to emphasize vertical features, which might be too small to identify relative to the horizontal scale.[1]

  1. ^ "Vertical Exaggeration". 11 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 8 November 2023.