This project involved designing a high-resolution oblique panorama of the Grand Canyon as viewed from Grand Canyon Village along the South Rim. The objective was to create a visually realistic terrain scene while maintaining strong cartographic hierarchy, readability, and spatial depth.

A 10 metre USGS digital elevation model (DEM) was acquired and used as the elevation surface for the study area. High-resolution 0.3 metre National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) orthophotography was then draped over the DEM to provide realistic surface texture and land cover detail.

The terrain was visualized in ArcGIS Pro using a Local Scene workflow, where camera position, tilt, and viewing angle were carefully adjusted to replicate a rim-based perspective while preserving cartographic clarity. The exported scene was then refined in Adobe Photoshop through tonal balancing, contrast adjustment, saturation refinement, and controlled shadow/highlight enhancement to improve terrain readability and visual cohesion.

Final layout design and annotation were completed in Adobe Illustrator. Particular attention was given to label placement, leader line positioning, opacity variation, and foreground-to-background hierarchy in order to reinforce depth throughout the oblique scene. The result is a terrain visualization that combines geospatial processing workflows with carefully controlled cartographic design.

This project focused on developing an oblique terrain visualization workflow in ArcGIS Pro using Local Scene environments. It reinforced techniques involving DEM integration, orthophotography draping, perspective control, scene composition, and post-processing refinement across multiple software platforms.