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  Re: Planetary Heightfields: Now what?  
From: JK
Date: 24 Aug 1998 17:28:28
Message: <35E1CBD8.B322778A@hotmail.com>
Simon de Vet wrote:

> I've found tons of great heightmaps for planets, and moons at
> http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/eng/homepage.htm
>
> Since I've been playing around with planets lately, I'd love to use some
> of these, as heightfields, or bumpmaps for spheres.
>
> Problem: It uses a weird colour scale, that does not convert to
> greyscale properly.
>
> Any advice on using these?
>
> (BTW: Look under Mars or Venus for good high res examples)
>
> Simon
> http://home.istar.ca/~sdevet

  Isn't there some palette included on this great page of yours? If not, you
could ask the creator for it. He should thank you for the advice.
JK


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