Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Member of Faculty, Department of Geography, University of Tabriz
Abstract
Topographic maps are important tools for analyzing landforms. Using maps with contour lines, various types of landforms related to morphogenetic systems can be examined.
Topographic maps and their contour lines are two-dimensional pictures of land terrains which are essentially three-dimensional. To carry out a three-dimensional investigation of forms of terrains on topographic maps, topographic stereoscopic maps (stereograms) should be provided so that three-dimensional view of contour lines become possible just as aerial photos. In this text, we have tried to introduce several examples of these maps for displaying different types of landforms related to different morphogenetic systems.