[Ráfaga]Nº1398: literature, minerals, shades

[Jorge Sanz]

Nº1398: literature, minerals, shades

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 by Raf

* "An ocean of books" is an interactive visualization to explore
English literature navigating a sea of author islands and book cities
from the Google Books catalog

https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/ocean-of-books

* James Sowerby's 2242 mineralogy illustrations were drawn between 180
and 1817 and are available on this visualization and arranged by color

https://www.c82.net/mineralogy/

* Parasol app uses high-res elevation data to simulate sunlight and
compute routes that allow following (or avoiding) shades

https://www.allnans.com/jekyll/update/2018/08/07/introducing-parasol.html

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