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Landsat 7 ETM+ 14.25 meter, converted to pseudo natural-color using the Geocover to Naturaltone plug-in. Image courtesy of USGS GloVis.
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Entries from 'September 2007'

Google Maps Kinks Worked Out

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

As a follow-up concerning Internet Explorer display issues that were previously noted — I back-tracked today to find that those issues appear to have been resolved. No more funky bubbles.
View Larger Map

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  • Thu, 27 Sep 2007 at 12:08 pm · At Polar Inertia — photography by David Maisel, titled Oblivion. Inverted black & white photography — giving a stunning, haunting view of Los Angeles, California — especially in the oblique. · (0)

Crytek CryEngine 2 Demonstration

September 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

YouTube videos, showcasing CryEngine 2’s intuative real-time editing toolset — as demonstrated at GDC 2007. (Take note of those Voxel and Road tools, among others.)

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Messing Around With Overlays

September 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Just messing around with overlay comparisons in Google Earth due to performance issues. I also ended-up comparing the noticable difference between custom processed imagery and imagery provided to Google, since I’m in there.

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Festival of Maps Chicago

September 19th, 2007 · No Comments

I finally took some time to sit down and watch a local news show that I enjoy on WTTW 11, Chicago Tonight. Unfortunately, the discussion was centered around the current political leveraging between the 42nd Ward and a proposed Grant Park project by the Children’s Museum — but nonetheless, with the banner and logo in […]

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ESRI ArcWeb Flex API, Adobe Max 2007

September 16th, 2007 · No Comments

I won’t be attending Max 2007, because registration’s pricey. But, this is something that I suppose I predicted a while back that I think will create an interesting stir at Max this year.:
ESRI to Demonstrate Flex 2 Mapping APIs at Adobe MAX 2007 North America

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Introducing Global Mapper Forum

September 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Global Mapper Forum was established as a valuable resource for anyone working with Global Mapper, or is interested in working in Global Mapper. The video tutorials make it extremely easy to gain insight into the ease of use the interface provides, as well as provides easy to learn steps.

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Working Out The Kinks, Google Maps

September 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Google Maps has been actively shaping things up with a handful of issues raised, since ‘embeddable’ Maps were provided. One issue that I noticed yesterday, will hopefully be addressed soon as well. I’ve sent this in to the Google Maps Help Group, so hopefully an employee notices and forwards it on.

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Google Embeddable Maps Issue, Part 2

September 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This morning, I went through and ran a mark-up validation check with the W3C services to make sure that my site was rendering properly. I generally do this at least once per month to ensure there isn’t anything I’m missing. I’m a major compliance freak when it comes to mark-up!
I fixed the video embedding errors […]

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False to Natural Conversions, Remote Sensing Tools

September 4th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Two of the core value-added plug-ins that come with Remote Sensing Tools, allow for the ability to convert false-color composite imagery into pseudo natural-color imagery. Whether it’s Landsat imagery composited using the 7,4,2 bands as RGB, or CIR imagery, Quickbird 4,3,2 or Aster 3n,2,1 band composited imagery — the algorithms in these plug-ins will allow […]

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