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Thank you to GEB reader ‘DJ’ for suggesting this idea in the comments of our post on simulating lakes. It turns out that the algorithm for drawing contours given a regular array of altitude data is ...

Planners and engineers working in Delaware, along with geoscientists and outdoor recreation enthusiasts, have a new resource that will allow them to plan their work, or play, with much more accuracy ...

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InSite Elevations Pro users can now use cut and fill contours for production planning on the platform. InSite software created contoured-based Production Cut and Fill Map to support the design process ...

A contour heat map of Greenland, indicating elevations in the region. The star indicates the southeastern dome of the Greenland Ice Sheet, where the ice core in this study was collected (Yutaka ...