Z-factor exaggeration?

ER — 6/5/2008 6:44:19 PM (archived)

In most photogrammetric/stereoscopic representations of natural terrain, the elevations are deliberately exaggerated to give the viewer a better idea of the relief. Do you have any idea what, if any, multiplicative coefficient of the Z-values has been employed in this video?

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Flight over the surface of Mars (thanks to Mars Express) - Raoul - 6/4/2008 6:44:23 PM
- re: Flight over the surface of Mars (thanks to Mars Express) - Marcia - 6/4/2008 7:14:02 PM
  - Only Water? - James Brown - 6/5/2008 3:26:52 PM
    - A cool little video of arch formation: - podrock - 6/6/2008 4:18:46 AM
      - re: A cool little video of arch formation: - Thank you, pdrock. (n/t) - Marcia - 6/7/2008 12:25:58 AM
        
        re: A cool little video of arch formation: - Thank you, pdrock. - Marcia - 6/7/2008 12:36:07 AM
        
        re: A cool little video of arch formation: - Thank you, podrock!. (n/t) - Marcia - 6/7/2008 12:27:02 AM
    - Z-factor exaggeration? - ER - 6/5/2008 6:44:19 PM
      - re: The slopes - Raoul - 6/5/2008 8:31:53 PM
        
        Whose Normal? - nick hoffman - 6/6/2008 12:02:40 AM
        
        re: Examples of Moon slopes - Raoul - 6/6/2008 5:20:26 PM
        
        Important comparison - nick hoffman - 6/8/2008 4:44:29 PM
        
        15 degrees max - nick hoffman - 6/6/2008 12:40:48 AM
        
        Thanks, Nick. - ER - 6/6/2008 1:18:01 AM
        
        Agree with what you say about perception - nick hoffman - 6/6/2008 1:35:12 AM
        
        "A Conspiracy of Cartographers" - ER - 6/6/2008 2:16:50 AM
        
        Me, I don't care for vertical exaggeration. - podrock - 6/6/2008 3:14:01 AM
        
        I spend my whole life at 2.5x - nick hoffman - 6/6/2008 5:33:13 AM
        
        With all those small squiggly lines, - podrock - 6/6/2008 8:53:47 PM
        
        De Plain, De Plain! - ER - 6/5/2008 10:06:53 PM
      - Sorry, the above question about Z values is for Raoul. (n/t) - ER - 6/5/2008 6:45:32 PM

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