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On Sun, 09 Aug 1998 06:49:59 -0500, Dan Connelly <djc### [at] flash net>
wrote:
>Bret Slivka wrote:
>>
>> Hello group.
>>
>> I'm working on a 3d model of the planet Earth. I am trying to figure out
>> how to take this elevation map, turn it into a heightfield and somehow
>> "wrap" this heightfield around a sphere. but i'm a little stumped, so I
>> thought I'd tap into the vast knowledge of this collective for guidance.
>
>Features on the surface are under 10 km. Yet the equator-to-
>pole distance is 10 Mm --- 1000 to one. Therefore for any
>real purpose the Earth is smooth -- use textures
>instead if you want anything approaching realism.
>
Erm...how about using the image as a bump map?
Cheers,
Cliff Bowman
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