# MapLibre Terrain Rendering

> Hillshade, color-relief, contours and 3D terrain

**Subcategory:** MapLibre  
**License:** MIT  
**Source:** https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills/blob/fa618af49728952f7aeca842ad93f51b9b530018/skills/maplibre-terrain-rendering/SKILL.md

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## When it is useful

Drawing elevation once a raster-dem source works — hillshade methods, color-relief layer, the elevation expression, runtime contours via maplibre-contour, 3D terrain camera and sky.

## The Catch

Skills MIT (LICENSE.md); MapLibre GL JS is BSD-3-Clause. Free, no account, no token — but MapLibre only renders: you bring the tiles (self-hosted PMTiles on static storage, or a third-party tile host with its own caps and pricing). Young repo; only verified skills are listed. You still need a DEM source (Terrarium/Mapbox-RGB tiles) — hosted DEM tiles carry their own limits.