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Mountain Views

Nearby named summits, ridges, ranges, and cliffs from USGS GNIS, weighted by 3DEP elevation, relative relief, distance, and directional variety.

Scale0-100

Higher values rank better for this score.

How It's Calculated

The latest published score is normalized to a 0-100 scale. The method below explains what the score rewards, with technical source metadata available for audit.

Scoring Method

How the ranking is built

Mountain Views is a topographic proxy for nearby named mountain terrain, elevation, relief, density, and directional variety.

  1. 1

    Nearby terrain features are weighted by feature class, name type, distance decay, elevation, and relative relief.

  2. 2

    The raw index also includes top-feature signal, feature density, direction variety, relief signal, and place elevation signal.

  3. 3

    The final score is 100 * (1 - exp(-raw index / saturation)).

Technical details
Score TypeMaster Score

Read from the current master score table for this criterion.

Ranking BasisSingle Score

The top 10 below ignore your blended relocation weights and sort only by Mountain Views.

No source details available for this score.

What This Score Means

Mountain Views is a topographic proxy for nearby named mountain terrain, elevation, relief, density, and directional variety.

Statistics Feeding This Score

  • Named terrain features

    Nearby GNIS ranges, ridges, summits, cliffs, pillars, and gaps, including feature class, name, and distance from the place.

    Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System
  • Place and feature elevation

    3DEP elevation samples for the candidate place and nearby terrain features.

    Source: USGS 3DEP Elevation services
  • Relative relief

    Derived difference between nearby feature elevation and place elevation.

    Source: Derived from GNIS and 3DEP inputs
  • Feature density and directions

    Count of qualifying features within 50 miles and number of direction buckets represented around the place.

    Source: Derived from GNIS inputs

Source Data

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information SystemDomestic named terrain features such as summits, ridges, ranges, cliffs, pillars, and gaps.
Source: USGS 3DEP Elevation servicesElevation samples used for place elevation, feature elevation, and relative-relief calculations.

Known Limits

  • This is not a line-of-sight viewshed.
  • It does not yet account for trees, buildings, haze, road orientation, home siting, or exact observer height.
  • Places near named features can score well even when the best view is outside the town center.

Top 10 Locations

Ranked by Mountain Views.

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