clouds
1 real time clouds. updated at most every three hours. Images are available in 2048x1024 or 4096x2048 resolution.
2 kifissia meteo. realtime satelite images including weather data.
3 ssec.wisc.edu. realtime imagery and data including hurricane and tropical storms, mesoscale winds, sea surface temperature, volcano watch, weather. directory listing
earth map resources
the following resources are heavily based on Robert Hodgin’s findings for his earthquake visualizations documented on flickr.
1 visible earth, blue marble, a catalogue of NASA images and animations of our planet. Image resources include land surface, clouds, city lights, raw bathymetry, raw topography. Image size ranges from thumbnails, 5400x2700, 21600x10800 up to 86400x43200 pixels.
2 Natural Earth, a collection of maps including clouds, elevation bump, masks (such as boundaries, cities, sea ice and water), textures of the earth, without cloud, no ice, at night. Maps do include rivers. Image size ranges from 8192x4096 to 16200x8100, directory listing with all the files.
3 earth texture maps include natural colors, atmospherical, coulds, elevation and bump map, water and land mask, night. in addition there are maps for moon, venus, mars and a stars map. Image size is 2500x1250 pixels.
4 how to texture a globe in processing.
new books
1 Modular Structures by Asterios Agkathidis. ”this book examines morphogenetic processes based on a combination of digital and analogue modelling and manufacturing techniques. The introduction of the module, as the main instrument of geometric and structural determination, becomes crucial.”
2 Bio-structural. Analogues in architecture by Joseph Lim. “This book seeks to discover the architectural potential of biological structures as they can be found in nature. The structures that give biological forms strength, movement, firmness, and flexibility are studied, illustrated, and used as an inspiration for a huge number of design experiments of which the thinking, working, and final prototyping process are shown.”
by Carsten Nicolai, 2009. “Grid Index is the first comprehensive visual lexicon of patterns and grid systems. It is an essential reference book for designers, visual artists, architects, researchers and mathematicians.” Gestalten Verlag. short interview at XLR8R. Carsten Nicolai: Gridlocked.
by Andy Gilmore, a draftsman, designer, and musician based in Rochester, NY.
“NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.
The new global digital elevation model of Earth was created from nearly 1.3 million individual stereo-pair images collected by the Japanese Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, or Aster, instrument aboard Terra.”
image: Himalayan glaciers in Bhutan. download the Aster global digital elevation model at Aster G-DEM
by john douglas powers, 2006. wood, steel, paper, cat iron, typewriters and electric motors. video. dont miss dream and undulations.
via hazel.
by Daisuke Hiraiwa. “This work is composed of around 1400 disposable plastic knives drilled holes by hand.” shown at the Imm Cologne 2009.
computational studies from wearechopchop, an art design collective from berlin/leipzig. including motion graphics, video, plastic, generative works.
via email.
an art app for the iphone by joshua davis, sideways. “”REFLECT” uses a ‘Designer’ Mode to pick collections of artwork assets in the “Form Palettes” and an associated set of colors in the ‘Color Palettes’. After Forms and Colors have been selected you’re given a blank canvas and uses the iPhone’s Multi-touch capabilities to randomly generate a composition based on your gestures.” related phiLia.
by francois delfosse, flickr stream. “Cave just south of the north pole ( from the inside of a plastic bag just in case there is no ice left) can you see the bear?”
via datdatdat via found.
unproductive: teste para uma nova série de imagens
via leonelcunha, unproductive
by [hu] Man vs Machine, 2009. material: strings, trees, moss. via colectiva.tv
