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whitebox (version 2.1.0)

wbt_multidirectional_hillshade: Multidirectional hillshade

Description

Calculates a multi-direction hillshade raster from an input DEM.

Usage

wbt_multidirectional_hillshade(
  dem,
  output,
  altitude = 45,
  zfactor = NULL,
  full_mode = FALSE,
  wd = NULL,
  verbose_mode = FALSE,
  compress_rasters = FALSE
)

Arguments

dem

Input raster DEM file.

output

Output raster file.

altitude

Illumination source altitude in degrees.

zfactor

Optional multiplier for when the vertical and horizontal units are not the same.

full_mode

Optional flag indicating whether to use full 360-degrees of illumination sources.

wd

Changes the working directory.

verbose_mode

Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is False, tools will not print output messages.

compress_rasters

Sets the flag used by WhiteboxTools to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.

Value

Returns the tool text outputs.