This is from my cyclopedia:
 Ron Parker provided this solution, which he derived from Chris Colefax:

  #macro DoubleImage ( front,back )
    radial
    pigment_map {
      [ .5 front ]
      [ .5 back rotate 180*y ]
    }
  #end

  #declare f=pigment { image_map{ sys "heads.bmp" once } translate -.5 }
  #declare b=pigment { image_map{ sys "tails.bmp" once } translate -.5 }

  #declare coin = cylinder {
    -.1*z,.1*z,1
    texture { pigment { color rgb 1 } }
    texture { pigment { DoubleImage(f,b) } }
    }

You will need to adjust the pigments, and getting them to rotate could be
tricky. I would think that the globe would rotate, and as the images move
across the terminus, it is displayed with the other image. Since that was a
bit glib, what I mean is that we see, say. New York at night, then as the
world turns we see it in the daytime map

Josh

"A. Jans-Beken" wrote:

> I want to make an animation of a rotating earth, with some extra's:
>
> Somewhere on the net I found high-res pictures of the earth "by day" and
> "by night". My idea is to combine these pictures on one rotating sphere.
>
> In my opinion, this is not a trivial task. Has someone experience with
> this? How can I set this up?
>
> Please send your answer and/or comments to my e-mail adress
> jan### [at] wxsnl

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