INTERACTIVE Web3D-MODEL
High Tatra
The in the DEM covered section of the High Tatra is located in the borderland between Poland and Slovakia sothwards of the polish city Zakopane. The Modell shows the area lying west of the highest peak, the Gerlachovsky Stit, containing multiple summits with heights between 1700 and 2490m. Several mountain lakes, former cirque glaciers, are located in the northeastern part of the modell. pg-7.29
GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND
High Tatra
 The High Tatra is asumed to be the worlds smallest high mountain range, in terms of spatial extend, not height. They represent the highest part of the Carpathian Mountains, with it's main ridge reaching 27km from west to east, most of the area belonging to Slovakia and the minor part belonging to Poland. More than 25 of the High Tatry's 300 peaks and summits reach a hight of over 2500m and through that, it's panorama reminds of the greater Alps.
Belonging to the Carpathian Mountains, the orogeny of the High Tatra falls into the alpidian. The highest peaks are the Gerlachovsky Stit (2655m), the Gerlachovska Veza (2642m) and the Lomnicky Stit (2632m), alltogether belonging to Slovakia. After the descent of the last glaciers about 10 000 years ago some typical formations related to glacial activity are still visible today, e.g. deep glacial valleys and moraines. pg-7.29
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BASE MAP
Landsat ETM+, Path 188, Row 026, acquired on the 26.05.2001
Geotiff-Bandcombinations:
1) r = 3 (0,6614 μm)
g = 2 (0,5610 μm)
b = 1 (0,4787 μm)
2) r = 4 (0,8346 μm)
g = 5 (1,6500 μm)
b = 3 (0.6614 μm)
from the GLCF (Global Land Cover Facility) of the University of Maryland, under:
http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu
http://glcfapp.umiacs.umd.edu
MODEL GENERATED BY
Patrick Griffiths, Stefan Süß &
Christian Burde
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