January 31, 2014
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At the start of the year i showed winter snow on Tenerife – here is a second image of snow on La Palma from about three weeks ago. Snow is limited to the highest parts at the rim of the … Continue reading
January 28, 2014
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As mentioned in my post on the Severnaya Zemlya map i there for the first time used shape from shading techniques to improve a low quality elevation data set with the help of satellite imagery. Here a few more explanations … Continue reading
January 25, 2014
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Producing the Severnaya Zemlya map gave me the opportunity to observe many interesting changes in the glaciers of the area over the years covered by the satellite data. Like elsewhere on Earth glaciers are mostly retreating although there are also … Continue reading
January 25, 2014
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When introducing the Franz Josef Land map i pointed out the poor coverage of Arctic islands in common map services and satellite image mosaics. This does not only apply to Franz Josef Land but also to other islands, especially in … Continue reading
January 4, 2014
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The Blue Marble Next Generation global image mosaic has been the basis of countless large scale earth visualizations in the past eight years. If you see an artificial image of the planet somewhere – on the internet, in print or … Continue reading
January 4, 2014
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A Happy New Year to all visitors and customers of imagico.de! The following image is still from 2013. It shows the island of Tenerife with winter snow on the 3718m high Teide. Snow is not uncommon on the higher parts … Continue reading