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Hills around Loch Torridon, Highlands of Scotland.
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Published

November 20, 2023

Hills around Loch Torridon, Highlands of Scotland

Elevation map of the area around Loch Torridon, Highlands of Scotland with contours.

Elevation map of the area around Loch Torridon, Highlands of Scotland with contours.

Data

  • Background mapping - places, water, roads etc, from OpenStreetMap.
  • Elevation is SRTM data from NASA downloaded via SRTM downloader plugin in QGIS.

Tools

  • All done in QGIS.

What would I like to change?

Originally intended to do a map fo the coire of Beinn Alligin with photos and highlights from our explorations. Was taking far too long to set it up, so I used the background data and elevation to produce a quick map of the hills.

So, I’d like to develop the map of the coire of Beinn Alligin.

Process

  • Elevation data downloaded via plugin. Merged and reprojected then coloured with an elevation colour ramp.
  • Elevation layer copied and styled as hillshade - multiply blending mode and transparency so it isn’t overwhelming.
  • Data downloaded from OSM via the QuickOSM plugin and styled with my usual stylesheets.
  • Created a layout, added title, text, scalebar.
  • Exported as map.
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