July 31, 2014
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I am happy to announce the availability of the Green Marble global satellite image mosaic. Previously i showed partial coverage of Europe and the Arctic with this satellite image assembly. It took some time to complete this for the rest … Continue reading
July 14, 2014
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On occasion of the solstice (yes, about three weeks late) here I have another Landsat satellite image of South Georgia with a lower sun position and some more clouds than the one shown previously. And complementary to this as well … Continue reading
July 12, 2014
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After the general discussion of the boundaries between 2d maps and and 3d perspective views i set up a version of the Franz Josef Land map in orthographic 3d perspective for a more practical demonstration: Producing this kind of map … Continue reading
July 4, 2014
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Another recent image of the southern hemisphere winter from the highest part of the Andes mountains at the border between Chile and Argentina near Santiago de Chile. See the following map for the location. The images used are from May/June … Continue reading
July 1, 2014
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Map design and Geo-Visualization is to a huge part about abstraction. To illustrate this here is an example from my standard demo map from the Western Alps and a 3D perspective view of the same area. These two illustrations make … Continue reading