The River Thames as seen from space


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(51.51 -0.108, 51.51 -0.108) 


NOT the opening title of the EastEnders soap opera.

Reddit user Visualgeomatics used open-source Earth Observation data and mosaiced a LIDAR tile dataset into a surface model and then cast light on it to create a highly detailed image that looks fairly 3D

Source: UK National LIDAR Programme www.data.gov.uk/dataset/f0db0249-f17b-4036-9e65-309148c97ce4/national-lidar-programme

Tools: Blender, QGIS, Global Mapper, Photoshop

To add a bit of jeopardy to the end of this post: “doof doof doof doof doof doodoodoodoof. Get out of my pub!”


Attribution: Reddit user Visualgeomatics

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