August 24, 2014
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This year’s summer weather in Northern Greenland has been quite good, much better than 2013 so a lot of good quality Landsat images are available to assemble a mosaic of the Northeast Greenland coast – one of the most remarkable … Continue reading
August 3, 2014
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With all the recent winter images from the southern hemisphere here for balance also a view from the north of the west coast of Greenland. It shows the Ilulissat Fjord at the bottom, one of the most remarkable features of … Continue reading
June 27, 2014
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While it is mid-summer here on the northern hemisphere it is winter in the south so i have assembled a few winter impressions from the islands and coasts of the southern Ocean from Landsat data. All images are from late … Continue reading
May 7, 2014
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I have featured the snow covered peak of Mount Kilimanjaro here before. There are now some nice new Landsat images from this years early rain season in the area (which is in April). The following two images extensive show fresh … Continue reading
April 4, 2014
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When i introduced the Severnaya Zemlya map i did not show any 3D views of the area but here i try to make good for this. The following views have been added to the Imagico.de Services and Products: Another thing … 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
November 21, 2013
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As i have written about the quality of Openstreetmap coastline and waterbody data previously i decided to also look at the third major hydrographic feature as well – the glaciers. In short: Quality of the glacier data in OSM is … 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
November 10, 2013
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Following up on the first Landsat 8 images from Antarctica here are a few more impressions of early spring in the far south. You can see the areas these are from in the map below. First i assembled a more … Continue reading
November 1, 2013
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Acquisition of optical satellite imagery is strongly dependent on seasons. When Landsat 8 started operations in May it was spring on the northern Hemisphere and autumn in the south. As a result only very few late autumn images were taken … Continue reading