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  1. thoughts and draft of a guide

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    Always been a big fan of a class of software called " time killers" and some games that can be called that .

    writers and painters and every artist has " writers block" or " just NO inspiration "
    Time wasters have a need sometimes , and sometimes the output CAN BE USED !!!

    PySolFC --cool game
    BZ-Flag --cool game
    Minesweeper -- a time killer

    sims that recreate ...

    Updated 10-22-2015 at 02:38 AM by johnvanvliet

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  2. just some thoughts

    --- need to add images still ---

    being in i would say a small subsection of the Big " Maps and Cartography" category

    the " photo realistic " area

    i tend to work with imaging data from spacecraft and hence tend to not want labels and grid lines and compasses on the image

    although this is not from photographic images of Mars
    but a charcoal sketch map from looking through a telescope
    ( looking ...
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  3. *.jpg artifacts

    All of us have some pet peeve ,or more than just a few sometimes

    mine
    JPEG COMPRESSION ARTIFACTS !!!!

    most of my time in digital image restoration is trying to REMOVE and undo these "cow pucks "

    Now the use of jpg / jpeg image format on the net is one of those necessary evils
    ( like messing up the incantation Gort: "Klaatu barada n?? n something ??? necktie ," when ash picks up the Necronomicon )
    --- shop ...

    Updated 11-26-2014 at 09:31 PM by johnvanvliet

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  4. hi and place holder

    just a place holder for know
    seeing what works
    google+ / picassa albums
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1...8562941/albums

    a green Mars
    Click image for larger version. 

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    a 1080 HD vid of the Earth at night map i made ( 65538x32768 px)
    --- Click on HD 1080 and FULL SCREEN and sit back ---

    Updated 11-01-2014 at 01:51 AM by johnvanvliet

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