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
November 12, 2015
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As with previous Landsat mosaics i also produced a vegetation map for Greenland matching the image mosaic introduced recently. The map shows vegetation cover with a spatial resolution of 30m and distinguishes between woody and herbaceous vegetation although woody in … Continue reading
October 27, 2015
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Until now my collection of Landsat based image mosaics of the Arctic islands missed the big one, i.e. Greenland. I am happy to announce now this is being addressed and you can now get also a Greenland mosaic: This is … Continue reading
September 22, 2015
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Supplemental to the Svalbard mosaic here some 3d views of the area created using this and elevation data from the Norwegian Polar Institute (CC-BY-4.0 license). The NPI data is detailed but quite outdated in large parts – here a map … Continue reading
September 8, 2015
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After previously showing Landsat mosaics of islands in the arctic i now also completed an image of the Svalbard archipelago. Compared to the islands of the Russian Arctic Svalbard is more difficult since is features much more variable and less … Continue reading
August 22, 2015
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Here a recent Landsat image showing the return of the sun to the Antarctic after the southern hemisphere winter. The location is near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula at Seymour Island with the eastern end of James Ross Island … 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
June 23, 2015
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While reviewing and processing satellite data i frequently come across images that would be useful for mapping in OpenStreetMap – either because the imagery available in the normal sources like the Bing and Mapbox satellite layers contains no images at … Continue reading
June 14, 2015
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After introducing the Landsat mosaic of Germany and the Alps recently i am happy to announce the availability of a similar image from the other side of the globe, the Antarctic peninsula. Compared to the parts of the Antarctic where … Continue reading
May 18, 2015
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This image is based on a Landsat scene already two months old but none the less seems interesting enough to feature here. It shows the Bay of Whales at the Antarctic coast which is the southmost point of open ocean … Continue reading
March 2, 2015
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I just updated renderings of the Severnaya Zemlya map with a number of changes: Relief data is now using shape-from-shading techniques on the whole map area to provide additional relief details. Quality of this is somewhat variable since availability of … Continue reading
February 15, 2015
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Since August last year there has been a major volcanic eruption on Iceland resulting in a large lava field that is still growing. Here is a Landsat image from this area from January 3: An image made from the same … Continue reading