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Hot Things in Iceland

A shaded relief map of iceland in shades of blue, on a dark blue sea, with points of red where there are 'Volcanoes, Geysers, Hot Springs & Saunas', which is written across the top in a viking-esque font — Hot Things in Iceland: Natural and unnatural sources of heat in Iceland. Although, the saunas are probably naturally heated too. Made of day 25 - Heat - of the 2024 #30DayMapChallenge

projection	Plate Carree
tools	python: `osmnx`, `xrspatial`, `planetarycomputer`, `matplotlib`
data	OpenStreetMap contributors, Copernicus Global DEM (ESA, 2024)
font	High Tide by Filipe Rolim
comments	The 90 m GSD DEM was coarsened taking the median over a 5x5 window. Perhaps 9x9 or 11x11 would have been better, less detail yes, but smoother and kinder on the eyes
date	25/11/2024