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Terrain & elevationUSGS

USGS rendered hillshade

Photorealistic terrain shading.

Multi-direction hillshade tiles generated from USGS 3DEP. Three azimuths blended (315°, 270°, 45°) so terrain reads naturalistic without the harsh single-light look of stock renders.

  • Coverage

    50 states

  • Refresh cadence

    Static; regenerated when underlying DEM updates

  • Status

    Live in production

  • Agency

    USGS

Used in Bield

Where this dataset shows up in the apps.

  • Bield: Hunt

    Hillshade basemap layer

    Blended under the contour vectors for terrain depth.

The data is real. See how Bield uses it.