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Strip away the trees
LiDAR measures the bare earth under the canopy. We render it as hillshade from multiple light angles, plus slope and elevation tints and contours — so subtle diggings, races and benches jump out however the ground lies.
Four ways prospectors put it to work
Light it from any angle
Low-angle, east-, south- and custom-lit hillshades reveal features the standard render misses.
Slope & elevation tints
Colour the terrain by slope or height to read benches, races and flats.
Contours on demand
Fine contours for reading gradient and old water-races.
Spot the human marks
Costeans, adits, tailings and benches the bush hides.
One bare-earth surface, rendered every way
Standard hillshade
The default bare-earth render.
Low-angle hillshade
Grazing light exaggerates subtle relief.
East-lit hillshade
Lit from the east for cross-features.
South-lit hillshade
Lit from the south to catch the rest.
Slope-coloured
Steepness mapped to colour.
Elevation-tinted
Height mapped to colour over the relief.
Custom hillshade
Set your own light angle and exaggeration.
Contours
Fine contour lines for reading gradient.
LiDAR & hillshade questions, straight answers.
Where available it’s 1-metre bare-earth — fine enough to read costeans and benches.
A feature invisible under one light angle pops under another. Multiple renders plus slope and elevation tints mean nothing hides.
Yes — the custom hillshade lets you set the light angle and exaggeration to suit the ground.
Wherever public LiDAR coverage exists across the gold-bearing US states.
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