Tag: Sierra Nevada

  • Mapmaking of the High Sierra

    Mapmaking of the High Sierra

    I asked Claude.ai to help me, and in doing so, I learned to use QGIS, downloaded tiles and layers from the USGS, and manipulated them. With Claude’s help, I merged tiles, generated raster files, extracted DEM (digital elevation model) to create new contour lines, and added hillside shading. Then, I grabbed place name labels, shapefiles…

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