Overlay digital elevation model on hillshade

I'd like to overlay a DEM on a (grayscale) hillshade, as is commonly done in ArcGIS. I've been trying to do this by plotting both and setting the transparency of the DEM (AlphaData) equal to the hillshade values (which range from 0 to 1). Not working. Any ideas?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Please check what your figure's 'renderer' property is set to. Transparency only works for OpenGL.

Answer 2

[Wolfgang Schwanghart]

Hi Ajay,

you might want to check TopoToolbox, which includes such a function.

http://physiogeo.unibas.ch/topotoolbox/

Cheers, W.

Answer 3

[Chad Greene]

Another option is to use the shadem function.