Zermatt Valley Overview — A vertical relief atlas view showing Zermatt within its surrounding valley system, with terrain shading, glacier context, ridgelines, and labeled alpine landmarks.

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Terrain Intelligence Mapping

Zermatt Terrain Atlas

Cartographic terrain study of Zermatt and the Mattertal using refined relief, alpine labels, and high-resolution terrain data.

Year

2025

Duration

3 months

Location

Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland

Surfaces

Stack

Architecture

GCPCloud Optimized GeoTIFF storage

Mapping

SwissTopo elevation dataDigital elevation modelsHillshade and slope rastersContour generationQGISGDALMapLibre GL JSdeck.gl

Code

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptPython geospatial processingWebGL

GeminiAI-assisted label reviewTerrain summary generationCartographic QA agents

Conceptual application work, created with the listed platforms and APIs and tested across the indicated surfaces.

Details

2025 alpine cartography project focused on Zermatt, Mattertal, glaciers, ridgelines, and surrounding summits

Refined relief rendering using digital elevation models, hillshade, slope rasters, contours, and glacier context

GIS workflow combining SwissTopo elevation data, QGIS, GDAL, raster tiles, and vector labels

MapLibre and deck.gl style architecture suitable for interactive desktop views or print-ready atlas exports

GCP-backed terrain asset pipeline for rasters, generated tiles, source data, and exported map plates

Cloud-hosted terrain assets for spatial indexing, place search, elevation summaries, and proximity analysis across peaks and valleys

AI-assisted label review, terrain summaries, feature grouping, and cartographic quality checks