{"id":134,"date":"2004-11-20T15:48:39","date_gmt":"2004-11-20T19:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2004\/11\/20\/134\/"},"modified":"2008-05-22T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2008-05-22T14:09:07","slug":"star-of-saint-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2004\/11\/20\/134\/","title":{"rendered":"Star of Saint Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nikolasschiller.com\/posters\/starofsaintlouis.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>I snagged this satellite image of downtown Saint Louis from the <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalmap.gov\"target=_blank>National Map<\/a> a long time ago, but for some reason <a href=\"http:\/\/bryce.daz3d.com\/\"target=_blank>Bryce<\/a> would not accept it.  I ended up tweaking the image the &#8220;right way&#8221; and now I have another satellite image to use for my renderings:-)  I actually want to make a special rendering with this image when I get back from Sioux City, Iowa.  I already know the name I am going to use: &#8220;Shadow of Greatness&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Why?  Well there are 3 shadows represented in the actual image- one visible, two slightly visible.  The visible one is the shadow of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/jeff\/\"target=_blank>Gateway Arch<\/a>, and the other two are the <a href=\"http:\/\/bridgepros.com\/projects\/eads\/\"target=_blank>Eads Bridge<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/kcet\/chasingthesun\/companies\/twa.html\"target=_blank>TWA<\/a> logo on the dome.  <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/jeff\/\"target=_blank>Gateway Arch<\/a> is my favorite monument in the world.  Topping out at 630 feet, its 75 feet taller than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/wamo\/\"target=_blank>Washington Monument<\/a>, but its the message that it carries that I like the most.  Its the same message that the <a href=\"http:\/\/bridgepros.com\/projects\/eads\/\"target=_blank>Eads Bridge<\/a> carries as well- the Gateway to the West.  <\/p>\n<p>The Eads Bridge was the first bridge built over the Mississippi River and it was also the first bridge to have both rail and human traffic.  After its completion people &#038; goods could finally go coast to coast.  Its now used for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/\"target=_blank>Saint Louis Metrolink<\/a> and the first stop in Illinois is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casinoqueen.com\/\"target=_blank>Casino Queen<\/a>(also a shadow of a casino!).  You gotta love mass transit that takes you places- like casinos! <\/p>\n<p>As for the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/kcet\/chasingthesun\/companies\/twa.html\"target=_blank>TWA<\/a> logo, it has since been replaced with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edwardjones.com\/\"target=_blank>Edward Jones<\/a> logo and the airlines, which was once one of the largest airlines in the world, has been purchased by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aa.com\/\"target=_blank>American Airlines<\/a>.  My father has worked for TWA\/AA since 1994 and I proudly own quite a bit of vintage TWA apparel.<\/p>\n<p>I think the image will have one large shadow and use the satellite image, but I&#8217;m not sure what primitives to use for the actual rendering&#8230;  Should look pretty cool though :-)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I snagged this satellite image of downtown Saint Louis from the National Map a long time ago, but for some reason Bryce would not accept it. I ended up tweaking the image the &#8220;right way&#8221; and now I have another satellite image to use for my renderings:-) I actually want to make a special rendering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,39,4,22,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-location","category-missouri","category-renderings","category-saint-louis","category-star-series"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":47,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}