Terrain Visualization: Module 3

 For Module 3, we covered various techniques to visualize terrain data.  We worked with several different data sets this week, specifically, a land cover map depicting tree varieties in Yellowstone National Park. The original data set had several similar tree categories, so I grouped those values into larger categories and relabeled them as Douglas Fir, Lodgepole Pine, and Whitebark Pine.  I utilized the multidirectional hill shade and placed it under my landcover layer.  I set the transparency of the land cover layer to approximately 59%.  After I changed the transparency, I had to modify my original symbology so that the different tree varieties would be immediately recognizable.   Making the land cover layer transparent had muted my original symbology colors.