More Antarctica mapping
I previously wrote about mapping Antarctica and following that and the podcast interview I organized an import of new coastline data for the continent into Openstreetmap together with Jochen. I...
View ArticleLandsat 8 – a first look at the data
I wrote about the LDCM/Landsat 8 start in February – meanwhile the USGS has released first sample data (three scenes from the US till now, the last one of southern California was made available today)...
View ArticleThe MapBox Cloudless Atlas
MapBox some time ago started promising attempts to produce a new cloud free mosaic from MODIS satellite images and has now made available the result for use by their customers as well as the OSM...
View ArticleLate new snow on the Feldberg
These days there has been unusually late new snowfall in the Black Forest, this new infrared image from the photolog shows how the Feldberg looked like yesterday with the fresh snow melting away in...
View ArticleLandsat 8 starting regular operations
Yesterday the USGS started regular operation of Landsat 8 and is now distributing the images in near real time (with only a few hours delay between acquisition and availability). They are also making...
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