Michael Smith wrote:
> 
> Please excuse me if I'm not using the word 'tiles' in the context it
> is used in POV-Ray. I couldn't think of a better phrase to put in
> the subject line...
> 
> I need to know if it is possible to specify where on a sphere you
> want an image to go without it completely filling the surface of
> the sphere (by tiling or being stretched over the entire suface).
> 
> Maybe it would be clearer if I give an example. Suppose you
> have a satellite image of Washington D.C., a satellite image of
> the surrounding states, and a satellite image of the entire Earth
> and you want to create an animation that zooms in from space
> onto the D.C. image, utilizing all three images as resolution
> demands.
> 

> comprising the entire surface of the Earth. The total dimensions
> of all the tiles combined into a single image is way beyond what
> my paint program can handle (please don't say get Photo Shop -
> I know, I know). :-)
> 
> Can POV-Ray put those tiles into their respective positions on a
> sphere according to user-defined inputs?
> 
> (That second example is what I may be dealing with.)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike

Using 3.1, no. Man, now I have to go try to get this to work and stop my
housecleaning and database programming. (shucky darn ; ) )

I'll let you know what I find. It might even make a cyclopedia entry

Josh English
eng### [at] spiritonecom
http://www.spiritone.com/~english

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