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The ImaginEarth journal
The place of the month, guides to create and choose your poster, behind the scenes of our images and our exhibitions.
The Historic map rendering: the French staff map in relief
The French staff map (carte d'état-major), surveyed and watercoloured by hand between 1820 and 1866, draped over the real relief of the land: your region as it was nearly two centuries ago.
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Place of the month: the Namib Desert
The oldest desert in the world, its red dunes sculpted by the wind, seen from above: the place of the month for October 2026.
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The Satellite rendering: the Earth in true colours
A true-colour Sentinel-2 satellite image, lit by the relief of the land: the rendering for regions, coasts, deltas and mountains all over the world.
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The Aerial rendering: France photographed at 20 cm
IGN aerial photographs, detailed to 20 centimetres, draped over the relief: the rendering to see your town, village or coast as never before.
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The Relief rendering: the Earth in 3D, in the style of your choice
Mountains, valleys and volcanoes modelled in 3D, anywhere in the world and with no maximum size, in eight styles: Relief, Plaster, Graphite, Realistic, National park, Sage, Terracotta, Olive and old rose.
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Satellite, Aerial, Historic map or Relief: which rendering to choose?
Four ways to see a place from above: comparing the Satellite, Aerial, Historic map and Relief renderings by the size of the place, the detail you want and the style of your interior.
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Gift idea: give the map of a place that matters
The place of birth, where you met, the family home or unforgettable holidays: give a poster seen from above, unique and personal. Our tips to choose it and order it in time.
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Decorating with an image seen from above: ideas room by room
Which image seen from above, in which size and on which material for the living room, the bedroom, the office or the hallway: our ideas to decorate with a satellite poster or a relief map.
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Where our images come from: from satellite to poster
The Sentinel-2 satellites of the European Copernicus programme, IGN aerial photographs, then processing and retouching: how an ImaginEarth image is made.
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Create your image, step by step
Choosing the place, the rendering, the style and the shape: the guide to creating your image seen from above, for free.
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Choosing your poster: size, material and frame
The three sizes, the three materials, the frames and the mat: everything to choose the poster that will look best in your home.
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GeoStratify, the team behind ImaginEarth
ImaginEarth is developed by GeoStratify, the GIS and Earth observation consultancy of its founder, Guillaume Rieu: training, application development and consulting.
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Place of the month: Grenoble and its three massifs
Grenoble in the heart of the Alps, between the Chartreuse, the Vercors and Belledonne, as a relief map in several styles: the place of the month for September 2026.
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Place of the month: Madagascar, the red island
The red lands of Madagascar, carried by the rivers to the Indian Ocean, seen from space: the place of the month for August 2026.
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Place of the month: the Chaîne des Puys
Nearly eighty volcanoes lined up above Clermont-Ferrand, craters, domes and lava flows: the place of the month for July 2026.
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The Venetian lagoon, its islands, its canals and the strip of coast that shelters it from the Adriatic: the place of the month for June 2026.
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The EO4ART project
A closer look at the EO4ART project, which makes it possible to create personalised artistic satellite images.
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The IE4Education project
A project run with the European Space Agency (ESA) to bring space into education.
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Support and pre-incubation
ImaginEarth was supported through a pre-incubation programme by Aerospace Valley.
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Exhibition at Paul Sabatier University
A photographic exhibition of satellite images at the heart of Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, combining art and scientific rigour.
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Exhibition at the Purpan School of Engineering
Discover how ImaginEarth brought a unique exhibition of satellite images to the premises of the Purpan engineering school.
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Exhibition of satellite images at B612 - Toulouse
Discover a unique exhibition of satellite images at the heart of B612, the Toulouse innovation centre dedicated to aeronautics and space.
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