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By: The Eiffel Tower is not a Building « Cartastrophe

The Eiffel Tower is not a Building « Cartastrophe — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:12:08 +0000

[...] great to meet many of you in Sacramento. While there, I learned that Tom Patterson, creator of the Kenai Fjords map which I praised in my last post, was slightly disappointed that I did not point out anything [...]

By: Daniel Huffman

Daniel Huffman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:40:22 +0000

You make a very interesting point, which had totally escaped me. At NACIS recently, Tom talked about some of the maps he was currently working on, and my impression is that he does do a lot of the snow/vegetation from satellite photos + land cover data sets. I’m not sure what his rules might be as far as seasonal adjustments, though.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:58:28 +0000

I was just curious, as there are no times on the map, if this map is supposed to be representative for all seasons? I’m only curious as I would think (but perhaps not) the vegetation and the snow capping would shift on the season. Which brings me to the question about whether the snow and vegetation are an artistic touch as to its placement and arragement, or if it is based on a specific satelite photo or other imaging. The textures, shading and all of that are gorgeous, I was just wondering if it looks as nice and natural as it does because it takes the patterns from nature or if things have been adjusted to be aesthetically pleasing. I especially thought about this as some snow capping did not end in streams or the like, they just ended, even though the snow looks as though the run-off would create a body of water, as the others had.

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igorbrejc.net » Fresh Catch For October 8th — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:03:44 +0000

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