I've been doing some thinking (only thinking) about changing the
markers, however country-based colors was not one of the thoughts, so
thanks for suggesting it whether I do that or not.
Only real problem comes from making them very obvious, since red is
not present in the image_map that seems the most clearly visible from
what I've found.  One of the things I was going to do though is
increase the sizes for the overall world ones (in the zoom views they
are scaled down btw) because there's a few that are pretty obscure
since they are near edges of the planet.  Jpeg further reduces their
visibility.  Which is the problem basically, primary colors dissolve a
lot, and green blue or yellow would blend into the colors already
there leaving magenta as a possibility but think I tried that too long
ago and it blends in at certain places too.  White or black alone (or
any plain color dot) can also be difficult to see right if in a
certain place.  Another problem is the media atmosphere since it gets
hazy toward edges.
I might try to go back to little spotlights shone upon each position
but that tends to mean lowering the brightness of the rest of it.
Anyway, I'll be thinking some more and trying a few things out.  Also
that country idea.

Bob

smellenbergh <sme### [at] skynetbe> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> The Pov-world population is growing. Soon some countries will be
hidden
> under the markers :-)
>
> Maybe you could use coloured markers for each country. You really
don't
> need that many different colours so that no two neighbouring
countries
> have the same coloured markers. Then you could actually see how many
> users live in Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxemburg. Now it is one
> cluster.
>
> Also, linking the marks to counties might allow for corrections per
> country. If for instance a user of Christmas Island - is there
one? - is
> getting wet feet, you could place him back on land, without having
to
> correct the rest of the world.
>
> Smellenbergh
> --
> e-mail:sme### [at] skynetbe
>
> http://users.skynet.be/smellenbergh
>
> >Bob Hughes <inv### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>
> >   The World Map of Pov-Ray Users has never had better accuracy, I
> > discovered a flaw in the markers which caused them to be elevated
> > above the globe slightly and at oblique viewing angles this
created a
> > position offset (thanks Antti!).  To summarize, they were once
more
> > spherical and then had later been flattened out, this left their
> > centers hovering.  It wasn't so noticeable before the "zoom"
views.
> > Plus there has been refinements made on a couple locations as
well.
> > Enough said. Check it out again everyone, if you will.  If you are
> > near a edge of the "world" you may be surprised at the difference
from
> > previous maps.
> >
> >  http://members.aol.com/wrld0rigin/povwrldjpg.htm
> >

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