What Is Vertical Exaggeration?

Vertical exaggeration is a scale that is used in raised-relief maps, plans and technical drawings, in order to emphasize vertical features, which might be too small to identify relative to the horizontal scale.

What is vertical exaggeration formula?

Vertical exaggeration formula: VE = (real world units of horizontal scale) / (real world units of vertical scale). As an example for a 1:50000 topographic map, we can set the horizontal scale (x axis) of the profile the same as the map.

What is vertical exaggeration in topographic profile?

Vertical exaggeration refers to the common practice in topographic profiles of different horizontal and vertical scales. It is expressed as a number, the ratio of the vertical to horizontal scale, and is almost always greater than 1.