Hi there !
I was a world leading GIS opensource cartographer in 2014. Google maps may have copied me. Below are my most interesting 2014~15 #GIS #Gdal terminal commands related to #hillshade.
How to create transparent hillshade ? > *3. Further -b 1 optimization (crop + blacken)* : https://gis.stackexchange.com/a/144700
One of my most popular GIS stack answer. 12 mths later, Google add hillshade to GMaps 😉
My hillshade script:
https://github.com/WikimapsAtlas/WikimapsAtlas-generator/blob/master/02_hillshade/hillshade.makefile
My GIS and script cheatsheet :
https://github.com/WikimapsAtlas/WikimapsAtlas-generator/blob/master/doc/cheatsheet-wikiatlas.md









