May 24, 2014
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When updating the demonstration map recently I have made some changes to the standard style, most notably the bare ground color in the landcover style is now modulated based on climate with more reddish color in the warm desert regions … Continue reading
May 20, 2014
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In addition to the mapping of the De Long Islands i produced an improved elevation model using the shape from shading techniques described earlier. Here is a shaded relief rendering of Bennett Island produced from this. This elevation data 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
September 11, 2013
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My 3D earth views usually show the ocean as a reflective surface while the lakes are rendered as they appear on the satellite images. Since the satellite takes the images from straight above while the 3D view looks at an … Continue reading
June 24, 2013
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The elevation data search tool now includes the USGS NED data sets in 2, 1 and 1/3 arc second resolution. Also included now is the SRTM 1 arc second data which has only been published for the US. Note the … Continue reading
February 3, 2013
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I added the Canadian Geobase data to the elevation data search tool and also improved usability of the tool, especially adding an optional larger map to specify the search area.
November 7, 2012
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In August i published a sample data set of river data generated from satellite data. Using this data i have now produced a web map demonstration of this sample area supplementing the rivers with a relief and land cover representation. … Continue reading
September 27, 2012
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In October 2011 the Japanese METI and the US NASA released a new global elevation data set – the ASTER GDEM v2. I evaluated this data for its suitability for visualization purposes … Continue reading →