>>2594559If elevation wasn't exaggerated, the entire thing would look flat, which isn't the way humans on the surface experience the difference between regions. 14,505 ft is the highest point on that map, -282 is the lowest, giving less than 15,000 feet of elevation range. The width is about 2800 miles or 14,784,000 feet, a ratio roughly 1:1000 of elevation to width. That leaves less than a single pixel to represent the difference between the lowest elevation from the highest elevation.
