United States–Schutzler

Artist

Herwig G. Schutzler, Lancaster, PA, USA

Creation Date

1965

Scale and Size

Original art scale and size: Not known
Cropped digital art size: 62.85 × 40.28 cm at 300 DPI,
7,423 × 4,758 pixels

Terms of Use

No use restrictions. The shaded relief is in the public domain. Space permitting on your map, please cite Herwig G. Schutzler as the source.

Georeferencing

Albers Equal-Area Conic Projection
Standard Parallel 29.5N and 45.5N
Central meridian: 96W
Latitude of projection origin: 23N
NAD83 Datum

Map Compatibility

Relief art modified by Tom Patterson to register with 1:10 million Natural Earth vectors: www.naturalearthdata.com
The relief download includes a Natural Earth coast shape file with embedded projection information.

Release Date

April 2010

Additional Information

Herwig G. Schutzler owns the original art. He has generously made it freely available for commercial and other purposes. April 2010 modifications by Patterson to the digital scan included extending the relief coverage slightly in Canada, redrawing parts of Mexico (this area was a mechanically added to the original relief and was out of alignment), and tonal balancing.