The First Images from EUMETSAT MTG-I1

The first high quality image from Europe’s newest weather satellite has been released. The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) operates a fleet of satellites with which it monitors weather, climate, and the environment from space. EUMETSAT’s newest satellite, Meteosat Third Generation – Imager 1 (Meteosat-12) was launched in December 2022 and is Maps Mania… more →
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How to Create a Diff of Two Images

When I was a child, I loved looking for Waldo in the “Where’s Waldo?” book series. These days I’m a sucker for TMZ’s “What’s the Big Frigin Difference” images, where TMZ slightly changes an image and you have to spot the differences between the two. That got me to thinking — how easily could I automate diff’ing two images? This StackOverflow post was gold. To create a diff of two similar images, we’ll use ImageMagick’s convert command line utility with a large host of configurations: convert '(' image1.png -flatten -grayscale Rec709Luminance ')' '(' image2.png -flatten -grayscale Rec709Luminance ')' ... more →
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Building an API to List Cloudinary Images in a Folder

I was preparing to work on a Cloudinary and Apline post when I realized I needed something before I could build that demo – a list of images in a Cloudinary folder. While this is directly supported by their SDKs and REST APIs, I needed something that could be used in a public-facing web application. So with that in mind, I turned to Pipedream to build a serverless endpoint. Here’s how I did it. Raymond Camden… more →
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Google Maps for Android adds Street View images in navigation to show your turns – TechCrunch

TechCrunch Google Maps for Android adds Street View images in navigation to show your turnsTechCrunchGoogle Maps has quietly rolled out a new feature that will make it easier for you to see where you need to go when using turn-by-turn navigation: integrated Street View images on the directions screen. While the app has always allowed you to see an …Google Maps now uses Street View to show you exactly where to …The VergeGoogle Maps gains Street View images for directions and a bottom …Android PoliceGoogle adds Street View images to directions so you can see exactly where to turnGreenbotEngadgetall 27 news articles » map app – Google News… more →
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