wbt_hillshade: Hillshade

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Hillshade

Description

Calculates a hillshade raster from an input DEM.

Usage

wbt_hillshade(
  dem,
  output,
  azimuth = 315,
  altitude = 30,
  zfactor = NULL,
  wd = NULL,
  verbose_mode = NULL,
  compress_rasters = NULL,
  command_only = FALSE
)

Arguments

dem	Input raster DEM file.
output	Output raster file.
azimuth	Illumination source azimuth in degrees.
altitude	Illumination source altitude in degrees.
zfactor	Optional multiplier for when the vertical and horizontal units are not the same.
wd	Changes the working directory. Default: NULL will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see wbt_wd() for details.
verbose_mode	Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is FALSE, tools will not print output messages. Default: NULL will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see wbt_verbose() for details.
compress_rasters	Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters. Default: NULL will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see wbt_compress_rasters() for details.
command_only	Return command that would be executed by system() rather than running tool. Default: FALSE.

Value

Returns the tool text outputs.

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