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How do you handle elevated areas in maps?
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This is a good reference for general rules of topography: https://www.sciencing.com/topographic-map-rules-6875833, and this is a more in-depth explanation of how frequent the lines are (contour interval) in Swiss-made maps: https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/contour-lines. They are less frequent in steep terrain and small-scaled maps because it would otherwise be too noisy.
Thanks, that's very helpful.