Personal link collection
For what search engines are for essentially
Linked to the ground
Each contents meanwhile presented at other sources I need not to warm up again.
Ever been confronted with a broken link? - Well, almost nothing is more transitory than a link!
Image processing and photography
Organizations, companies and info
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Filmtechnik: (Engl.: movie making techniques) about professional movie making (in German) by Stefan Neudeck
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HENNER.info: the site for photographers with info, tests ... (in German)
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Image Engineering: general technical info
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Deutsches Kameramuseum (Engl.: German Camera Museum), Plech: the collection of Kurt Tauber
Art + photo + illusion
Some own snapshots:
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Akiyoshi's illusion pages (Akiyoshi Kitaoka, Department of Psychology, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan): optical illusions
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Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena (Prof. Dr. Michael Bach, Eye Clinic, University of Freiburg, Germany): optical illusions
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M. C. Escher: official gallery of the artist well-known for his illusion drawings and links
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FAU, Phil. (Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany): art of photography, history, basics, image processing, links ... (in German, but worth to visit)
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Filmschule (movie-college.com), Munich: film tricks (in German)
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IllusionWorks: optical illusions, examples and explanations
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Turm der Sinne (Engl.: tower of the senses), hands-on museum, Nuremberg, Germany: optical and sensory perceptions
Microscope and scientific photos
High-speed imaging - how does it work?
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Professor (retired) Andrew Davidhazy, Rochester Institute for Technology (RIT): various techniques of imaging
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Eye of Science, Reutlingen, Germany: microscope, underwater and other photos
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Face Detection: Robert, the image processing guru
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ex Nanoworld, University of Queensland: microscope photos (Gallery) with magnifications up to more than x 10 000 and descriptions of the experimental environments
Railroad
Some steam loco photos:
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Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum, Nördlingen (BEM; Engl.: Bavarian Railway Museum)
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Verkehrs-/DB Museum, Nuremberg (VMN; Engl.: Transportation Museum)
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Deutsches Dampflokmuseum, Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg (DDM; Engl.: German Steam Locomotive Museum)
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IGE Erlebnisreisen, (special rail excursions), Hersbruck, Germany
Internet
The integrated search engine:
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FEN search engine: Search in the Citizens' Net Fürth-Erlangen-Nuremberg.
(Meta-) search engines, also apart from the mainstream - here a small list is available (in German) -
Selfhtml.org: SELFHTML - Do it yourself home page and Internet knowledge; powerful, good and, nevertheless, for free (in German)
Meanwhile also parallel for HTML5 from Stefan Münz directly -
Free HTML and XHTML syntax checker Tidy for the HTML and XHTML text of the home page provided by W3.org
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Free online HTML5 NU HTML Checker and Validator provided by W3.org
Bike, Maps and more
Bike
With the own
bicycles on tour:
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Recumbent overview: Liegeradmagazin.de
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Nuremberg: www.nuernberg.de - cycling
From the region
Abroad
through time and space:
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Bayern Atlas (ex Bayern Viewer): free, official map and air photo material of Bavaria (Southern Germany; in German): Geoportal.bayern.de; with very sophisticated route planner
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urlaub.nuernberger-land.de: Nürnberger Land - Nuremberg County and Frankonian Mountains
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www.fraenkische-schweiz.com: Franconian Switzerland
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www.birgland.de: highlands in Western Upper Palatinate
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www.fraenkischeseen.de: Franconian Lake County
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www.sandachse.de: Sand Axis Franconia
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Mohrhof Weihergebiet: Naturschutzgebiet (Engl.: nature reserve) Biengarten near Höchstadt an der Aisch
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www.naturschutzzentrum-wengleinpark.de: Naturschutzgebiet (Engl.: nature reserve) Wengleinpark (for walking only) in Eschenbach near Hersbruck (east of Nuremberg)
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FAV walking paths in Middle Franconia (Nuremberg) and surroundings
Worldwide
Why France? That's why! (An homage)
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nuernbergluftbild.de: Nuremberg, the region and other German locations in airborne photos
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Stadtplandienst: (Engl.: City Map Service) city maps of Germany with (public) facilities
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Map and data material of Germany (in German): Geoportal.de
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geoportail.fr: free official map material of France
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Open Streetmap: free world wide map material
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Bilder der Welt - wr Presse: some like it cold, Reinhardt Wurzel
Nature and environment
The own
Animal Farm:
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Verkehrsrelikte: railroad, road, canal and other traffic relics in Germany (also in the Nuremberg region)
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TU Clausthal: mineralogy exhibition
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Thru.de (ex PRTR.bund.de), German Federal Environment Agency: official map of pollution in Germany (in German)
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Maltese Falcon: Dyna-Rigg noble sailing yacht and even nobler Concept C.2157 and Black Pearl
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ESYS - Sailing: including vessels, history, images and info
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Storm tide: the German coast through the centuries (in German)
Techniques
Converters and
AVI players:
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Auf Zu: general view and links to semiconductor manufacturers, distributors and translation services and dictionaries/encyclopaedias as well (in German)
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Batteryuniversity.com: battery know-how
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HwB - Hardwarebook (founded by Joakim Oegren): »greatest« free list in the Internet about pin out of connectors and cables in the PC, video and audio field
Special interest - anything else
Do-it-yourself humor:
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Darwin Awards Official Home Page; (out-dated German version): black humor
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Moviephysics: movie and physical reality
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Ucke HP: physic toys (link collection)