Comments on: London from Space?

By: no-flux

no-flux — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:54:25 +0000

[…] « At first glance, this looks like a photo of London at night, maybe from the International Space Station (ISS) or another satellite. Creator Marc Khachfe hasn’t commissioned NASA to take photos for him though, instead he’s used OpenStreetMap data and painstakingly built up a pseudo-photographic map in this distinctive style ». (via London from Space? | The Mapping London Blog) […]

By: Jan Simons

Jan Simons — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:14:20 +0000

That is a great picture. I like it. Seeing the Thames outlined is great.

By: Tom Chance

Tom Chance — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:30:27 +0000

It’s a nice effect, but he needs to use a different data source for buildings. If you look at the detailed images, a large part of Southwark looks really bright, which is because I added masses of buildings there, whilst neighbouring boroughs that are just as built up appear quite dark.