I’m Daniel Denk — a geospatial specialist, who had come into the industry after having been a graphic artist and designer. Subsequently, the data-sets and imagery I’ve produced has been for both government and commercial entities, with an emphasis in visual simulations and representational cartography. Along the way, I’ve made several friends throughout the industry, consulted a few organizations, and I continue much of my work independently to solve various production problems associated with geospatial data and imagery.
My emphasis is on perceptual realism, and accuracy — bridging the gaps between the graphic arts and Remote Sensing science. I’ve concluded a six-month processing run of the entire NASA Landsat GeoCover 14.25 meter world mosaic, from false-color to natural-color — using plug-ins I developed for Photoshop. During that time, I spent most of my energies in researching and developing a small group of plug-ins for working with satellite and aerial imagery — which would later become known as Remote Sensing Tools.
Although this web site serves as a distribution point for those plug-ins, it also serves as a home to write about various other tools and items of interest that may be related to working with this type of imagery, as well as technology and graphics related interests.
I am an Active a former Member of the:
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
I am also a Member of the:
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
And yes, I have a personal Myspace page (for the individual who asked).
Contract Inquiries
If you are an individual or an organization who is interested in contracting me for a project, please use the Contact Form provided. Please list the needs of your project, so that I may reply with the most informed response possible.
Note, that I reserve the right to deny any inquiries, without explanation, if I deem the inquiry to be unethical or a conflict of interest in regards to other parties or personal reasons. In the event that this occurs, I may or may not inform anyone inquiring of a possible alternative to meet the requested objectives.
About the Header Images
- Header Image 1 (Home)
- The source for this image is a resampled GeoCover Landsat ETM+ 3,2,1 true-color composite of tile Path 39, Row 37; downloaded and custom processed by me using Adobe Photoshop and Remote Sensing Tools.
- Image courtesy of the Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF), and Earthsat/MDA Federal.
- Header Image 2 (Page)
- The source for this image is a resampled 0.6 meter resolution Quickbird (4),3,2,1 enhanced true-color composite taken of the mountains near Artesina, Frabosa Sottana, Cuneo (Piemonte), Italy, for the artist group Gelatin — in support of the Hase/Rabbit/Coniglio project. The image was custom processed by me, for Gelatin, using a variety of software including Adobe Photoshop and Remote Sensing Tools, supplied to Gelatin and in agreement with Eurimage Europe and Digital Globe.
- The actual image will be published in a book related to the project, by Gelatin and its gallery, in the process of 20 years that the rabbit will remain on the mountainside near Artesina, Piemonte, Italy from year 2005 to 2025. A limited edition set of photo-prints in 6′ by 6′ dimensions were also produced and displayed or sold through the auspices of the gallery.
- This project may be ongoing until the year 2025.
- Image courtesy of Digital Globe®, Eurimage Europe, and Gelatin.
- For more information on Gelatin, visit the following Web site:
http://www.gelitin.net/
- Header Image 3 (Article Page)
- The source for this image is a resampled IKONOS 1 meter 4,3,2 false-color composite. The image was custom processed and converted to natural-color by me using Adobe Photoshop and Remote Sensing Tools.
- Image courtesy of GeoEye®.
- Header Image 4 (Archives)
- The source for this overview is a Landsat 7 ETM+ 14.25 meter resolution, 7,4,2 pan-sharpened composite from the USGS GloVis distribution portal; Path 23, Row 31 near Chicago, Illinois. The image was converted to pseudo natural-color using the Geocover to Naturaltone plug-in that comes with Remote Sensing Tools.
- Image courtesy of USGS.
- Header Image 5 (Sub-Page and 404)
- The source for this image is a resampled ASTER 3n,2,1 Color Infrared false-color band composite, converted to natural-color, near the Washington DC area. The image was custom processed by me using Adobe Photoshop and Remote Sensing Tools.
- Image courtesy of the Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF).