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Creating large-scale high-resolution Maps from various Sources

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Andreas

Everyone knows services such as Google Earth or Microsoft Maps. They are great for exploring but they are not so great when it comes to creating large-scale high-resolution images, e.g. for a wall poster or alike. Also, they have their … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of PI

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Andreas

“Pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, and this is just the beginning; it keeps on going, forever, without ever repeating. Which means that contained within this string of decimals, is every single other number. … Continue reading →

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LEGO Classic Space Set 6929 – Starfleet Voyager

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Andreas

In 1981, LEGO released Set 6929 “Starfleet Voyager” – with its gray-white fuselage and the transparent blue windshields a distinct visual set-away from the otherwise blue-yellowish scheme used (at this time) for the other space ships like the Sets 918, … Continue reading →

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Greetings from the outer Solar System

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Andreas

A hearty “Well done!” to an old traveler – the US spacecraft Voyager 1: NASA has confirmed today, that the space probe has reached a point in the outer solar system where the effects of the solar wind are no longer measurable … Continue reading →

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