---
name: "topic_elevation"
section: "1grass"
platform: "linux"
package: "grass-doc"
version: "8.4.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/topic_elevation"
---

# topic\_elevation(1grass)

## Topic: elevation

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| d.shade |  | Drapes a color raster over an shaded relief or aspect map. |
| r.plane |  | Creates raster plane map given dip (inclination), aspect (azimuth) and one point. |
| r.relief |  | Creates shaded relief map from an elevation map (DEM). |
| r.shade |  | Drapes a color raster over an shaded relief or aspect map. |

*See also the corresponding keyword elevation for additional references.*

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