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		<title>Panorama Generator For Parts Of Europe, Asia And Africa</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2011/panorama-generator-for-parts-of-europe-asia-and-africa</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2011/panorama-generator-for-parts-of-europe-asia-and-africa#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Generate a Panorama site lets you generate high-quality panorama views, with labeled peaks, for some areas of Europe, Asia, and Africa; moving your mouse cursor over the “Covered areas in Europe, Asia and Africa” link near the top of the page shows the coverage area: You have three options for setting the peak location: [...]
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		<title>Collection Of LIDAR Data/Software/Info Links</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/collection-of-lidar-datasoftwareinfo-links</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/collection-of-lidar-datasoftwareinfo-links#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Lennon of Red Arrow Maps has put together LIDAR Links For Mappers, a nice set of links to online resources for LIDAR: Data: Links to a number of data sources for LIDAR, mostly free. Currently oriented towards US data only. Software: Both free and commercial software for viewing and analyzing LIDAR data files, many [...]
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		<title>Shaded Relief Archive</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/shaded-relief-archive</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/shaded-relief-archive#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WeoGeo blog highlights the Shaded Relief Archive, a collection of hand-shaded relief maps freely usable and distributable. This is a joint effort from Tom Patterson, creator/manager of the Natural Earth Data website (see this post for more info on the latter site), and Bernhard Jenny (author of the Terrain Bender and Scree Painter tools). [...]
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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/update-to-shaded-relief-website-now-with-full-screen-maps' rel='bookmark' title='Update To Shaded Relief Website &#8211; Now With Full-Screen Maps'>Update To Shaded Relief Website &#8211; Now With Full-Screen Maps</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2011/weogeo-addendum' rel='bookmark' title='WeoGeo Addendum'>WeoGeo Addendum</a></li>
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		<title>Free LIDAR Data From the OpenTopography Portal</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/free-lidar-data-from-the-opentopography-portal</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/free-lidar-data-from-the-opentopography-portal#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The OpenTopography Portal is a GEON Project initiative to build an online system that provides integrated access to high-resolution topographic data, web-based processing tools, and enables the user community to share knowledge, experiences and resources The OpenTopography Portal offers free downloads of LIDAR data in raw point cloud formats, processed DEMs, and Google Earth image [...]
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		<title>Free 30-Meter-Resolution Elevation Data For Most Of The World From Aster GDEM</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/free-30-meter-resolution-elevation-data-for-most-of-the-world-from-aster-gdem</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/free-30-meter-resolution-elevation-data-for-most-of-the-world-from-aster-gdem#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of sites (e.g. the BBC) have recently posted about the TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X program, which is generating a worldwide digital elevation model (DEM) database with a horizontal resolution of about 12 meters. A comparison is often made to the best current worldwide database, SRTM-90, which has a poorer 90-meter horizontal resolution and limited [...]
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		<title>Two More DEM Format Converters</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/two-more-dem-format-converters</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/two-more-dem-format-converters#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoisted from the comments from my post on creating ESRI ArcGrid DEM files for use with Terrain Bender, two more options for converting other DEM formats to ESRI ArcGrid, plus many other formats as well. LandSerf: A multi-platform (Windows, Mac and LInux) terrain visualization and analysis program, LandSerf can also import/export DEMs in a number [...]
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		<title>Create A Horizonless Projection View With Terrain Bender</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/create-a-horizonless-projection-view-with-terrain-bender</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/create-a-horizonless-projection-view-with-terrain-bender#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One more brief post on Terrain Bender, a program that lets you create varying-perspective terrain views, analogous to what you get looking from an airplane window: straight-down for nearby terrain, an oblique view for terrain further away: But you can flip that analogy around 180 degrees, and use Terrain Bender to generate a “horizonless projection” [...]
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		<title>Converting DEM Files To .asc Format For Terrain Bender; Creating Matching Raster Overlays</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/converting-dem-files-to-asc-format-for-terrain-bender-creating-matching-raster-overlays</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/converting-dem-files-to-asc-format-for-terrain-bender-creating-matching-raster-overlays#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier post, I covered Terrain Bender, a program that lets you create varying-angle terrain views from digital elevation models (DEMs), with optional overlay imagery, analogous to the view you get from the window of an airplane: One problem with Terrain Bender is that the only DEM format it accepts as input is ESRI [...]
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		<title>Varying-Angle Terrain Views With Terrain Bender</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/varying-angle-terrain-views-with-terrain-bender</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/varying-angle-terrain-views-with-terrain-bender#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standard terrain visualization programs like MicroDEM or 3DEM typically give you the option of viewing terrain either from top down: Or from an oblique angle, looking in one direction: Terrain Bender offers you the ability to warp the terrain so that you can combine both views in a single image; this is analogous to the [...]
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		<title>3DEM Website Is Gone, But 3DEM Still Available Here</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/3dem-website-is-gone-but-3dem-still-available-here</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve covered the program 3DEM before on this blog; it&#8217;s a first-rate 3D terrain visualization program, and does the best out-of-the-box map relief shading of any free program I know. Here&#8217;s a standard USGS topo shaded with a digital elevation model using this program: Unfortunately, the author, Richard Horne, has ceased development of the program, [...]
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