tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15773253983811546392011-04-21T17:24:37.361-07:00madnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577325398381154639.post-29585186777862894262008-01-20T17:33:00.000-08:002008-01-20T17:54:51.859-08:00<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pxlboiuxBBg/R5P3bVttXDI/AAAAAAAAABM/obb9Io9uIDQ/s1600-h/Lausanne_Evian.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pxlboiuxBBg/R5P3bVttXDI/AAAAAAAAABM/obb9Io9uIDQ/s320/Lausanne_Evian.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157738047326739506" border="0" /></a>Picture taken in Lausanne, VD. In the background lies Lake Geneva and on the far side Evian-les-Bains in France. Even the highest mountain of the alpine range may be visible: the Mont Blanc.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1577325398381154639-2958518677786289426?l=endobeach.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>madnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577325398381154639.post-51229831960864895442007-08-06T04:04:00.001-07:002007-08-06T04:32:47.484-07:00Work on the original map started as early as 1996. Lots of maps had allready been drawn by me at that time. But the most interesting parts allways were cities and the so much needed infrastructure like airports, railway networks and - although I'm a green guy - highways. Creating a whole landscape with mountains and woods and so on to put a major city in there is <span style="font-style: italic;">very</span> time consuming. So I decided to make things easy in 1996: a totally flat area created by a river flowing into the ocean was chosen as location for a big city. That was the start:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pxlboiuxBBg/RrcF_P0SBCI/AAAAAAAAAAk/wmCboT4ztK0/s1600-h/Harbor_Area_Old_06082007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pxlboiuxBBg/RrcF_P0SBCI/AAAAAAAAAAk/wmCboT4ztK0/s320/Harbor_Area_Old_06082007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095548087528719394" border="0" /></a><br />But as one can see, the scanned papers appear very greyish. This is not for lack of scanning quality. It's simply some ten years that left their marks. So I tried a software in order to digitize the whole thing. And here I am:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pxlboiuxBBg/RrcFoP0SBBI/AAAAAAAAAAc/3n9GrzdQxuE/s1600-h/Harbor_Area_06082007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pxlboiuxBBg/RrcFoP0SBBI/AAAAAAAAAAc/3n9GrzdQxuE/s320/Harbor_Area_06082007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095547692391728146" border="0" /></a><br />I merely just started and there is lots of blanks where railroads and halls and other buildings are supposed to be. But I'm working on it, and it comes in color.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1577325398381154639-5122983196086489544?l=endobeach.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>madnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577325398381154639.post-45989811394484731892007-07-28T08:06:00.000-07:002007-07-28T08:22:22.814-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pxlboiuxBBg/Rqteqf0SA_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/P9pMXADIvsA/s1600-h/Endo_Teaser.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pxlboiuxBBg/Rqteqf0SA_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/P9pMXADIvsA/s320/Endo_Teaser.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092267887860777970" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a test. Never blogged before and not knowing what to blog, this definitely is just a trying out. But hey: prepare to discover Endo Beach City, a jewel on the southern caribbean shores. The above image shows the downtown area, the harbor and parts of the outskirts.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1577325398381154639-4598981139448473189?l=endobeach.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>madnoreply@blogger.com1