KAILASH - Mapping the holiest mountain in the world
Abstract
Mt. Kailash in Western Tibet, P.R. of China, is considered the holiest mountain in the world and the goal of many millions of pilgrims of different religions. They do not climb its summit but perform the ritual of circumambulating the mountain to earn religious merit. International interest in this mountain is extremely high, as can be seen in the large numbers of publications and cartographic products on the subject. However, all published sketch maps and topographic maps are unsatisfactory and do not meet requirements of high mountain cartography and cultural landscape documentation. The aim of this project is to prepare a naturalistic representation of Mt. Kailash at a scale of 1:50 000 as a combined image-line map. The requirements for a Mandala-like representation have to be taken into account to prepare the map sheet in adequate design. This can only be realized using cutting edge technology (remote sensing, digital methods of photogrammetry and image processing) and innovative methodological assessments (digital orthophoto combined with manual rock drawing and terrain models with additional modulated hill shading) as well as results of field studies (GPS measurements). 4-colour printing has been chosen to represent the high mountain area around holy Kailash in a vivid and impressive way.
keywords Kailash Tibet High mountain cartography remote sensing cartography
Publikationen
Mapping Mt. Kailash - An interdisciplinary project on cultural landscape documentation.
Autoren: Heine, E., Kosta, R., Grillmayer, R. Jahr: 2001
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Project staff
Erwin Heine
Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Erwin Heine
erwin.heine@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-87222
Project Leader
01.07.2000 - 31.12.2001
Roland Grillmayer
Dipl.-Ing. Roland Grillmayer
roland.grillmayer@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.07.2000 - 31.12.2001
BOKU partners
External partners
Technical University Graz
Dr. Robert KOSTKA
coordinator