September 2, 2017
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I have updated the Franz Josef Land map with new data based on mostly 2016 Sentinel-2 imagery and also using a relief rendering primarily based on ArcticDEM data as a test case for the new data set. Franz Josef Land … Continue reading
June 3, 2017
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A few more satellite images from spring in the Arctic – this time featuring the northmost settlements on Earth. The northmost permanent settlement on the planet is and has been for a long time the weather station and military base … Continue reading
January 1, 2016
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The map of Franz Josef Land got an update with new map data and a new satellite image mosaic fully based on Landsat-8-data and produced to the standards previously shown in the Greenland and Svalbard images. The mapping is updated … Continue reading
August 3, 2015
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Last week we had a few days of extraordinarily sunny weather in large parts of the Eurasian Arctic – see here for an overall view. So i created a new Summer mosaic of Franz Josef Land complementing the winter view … Continue reading
April 19, 2015
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In many parts of the Arctic late winter and early spring bring the most stable good weather of all year – and best chances for cloud free satellite images. So also in late March and early April this year for … Continue reading
August 13, 2014
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In its newest issue National Geographic Magazine has published a map of Franz Josef Land partly based on my map data: The map is made in the typical National Geographic style and is shown on the website with three different … 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
November 19, 2013
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A new geodata section has been added to the Imagico.de Services and Products containing some of the data you can see in the demo map and in the Franz Josef Land map. If you are interested in using these data … Continue reading
October 21, 2013
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After the Franz Josef Land map I also worked on some new 3d views of the islands. The ones I previously made are based on early summer images from June with a lot of snow cover still in the images. … Continue reading
October 12, 2013
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One difficulty of creating the Franz Josef Land map (see the previous post for the details) has been the constant change of the glaciers and ice caps that cover most of the islands. Like elsewhere in the Arctic glaciers are … Continue reading