For everyone curious how @g_fiske and I have been making our latest fanciest hillshades, 100% of the credit goes to Gene Trantham and Patrick Kennelly who compiled their sky-model hillshade tools into a #ArcGIS toolbox you can see here: https://github.com/gzt5142/Ori... Short 🧵 below
Even better, you get preset options to modify your hillshades:
I found out about this because I attended a cartography workshop and approached Gene directly. He is not on social media so I am sharing this all on his behalf. Remember, that if you find out about something cool, see if you are allowed to share it and then share it!
Just because you find out about something in a small group setting, does not mean that knowledge has to stay there. Sharing stuff like this is one of our most powerful tools to breaking down barriers of entry and making everyones work better.