Terrain

Search Style Specification

A style's terrain property is a global modifier that elevates layers and markers based on a DEM data source.

"terrain": {
    "source": "mapbox-raster-dem",
    "exaggeration": 2
}

Terrain is supported only in globe and mercator projections.

Use the Mapbox Terrain-DEM v1 Tileset

The mapbox-terrain-dem-v1 raster tileset is compatible with terrain. See the following code examples for your platform to learn how to enable terrain in your map style:

• Mapbox GL JS
• Maps SDK for iOS
• Maps SDK for Android

source

Required string .

Name of a source of raster_dem type to be used for terrain elevation.

SDK Support	Mapbox GL JS	Android SDK	iOS SDK
basic functionality	>= 2.0.0	>= 10.0.0	>= 10.0.0

exaggeration

Optional number between 0 and 1000 inclusive. Defaults to 1. Requires source. Supports smooth-rampinterpolateexpressions. opacityTransitionable.

Exaggerates the elevation of the terrain by multiplying the data from the DEM with this value.

SDK Support	Mapbox GL JS	Android SDK	iOS SDK
basic functionality	>= 2.0.0	>= 10.0.0	>= 10.0.0

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