February 11, 2013
by chris
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I recently published some thoughts on generalization and included some samples of generalized coastlines there. I have now cleaned up the program used for that and make it available as open source. I also put up a set of files … Continue reading
February 4, 2013
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One of the major things i noticed when i started working on the coastline generalization techniques was the very mediocre quality of the coastline data for Antarctica in Openstreetmap. This is particularly interesting since Antarctica is in fact exceptionally well … Continue reading
January 3, 2013
by chris
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When I produced the topographic map demo I promised that I’d write something about relief generalization but when starting that I realized that I need to discuss coastlines before I can deal with the relief. So you can find some … Continue reading
November 16, 2012
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I finally got around creating some views of the US east coast for Views of the Earth: more on The Chesapeake Bay more on The Shenandoah Valley