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  Re: image map question  
From: J Tellings
Date: 24 Dec 2002 13:32:31
Message: <3e08a83f@news.povray.org>
"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
news:3e08a161$1@news.povray.org...
> In article <3E0### [at] ibrasdk> , Ib Rasmussen <ib### [at] ibrasdk>
wrote:
>
> >> I want to make a globe. I ve created a sphere and a PNG-file of a
world-map.
> >> But if i do:
> >>
> >> pigment { image_map { png "globe.png" } }
> >>
> >> it doesn't work.
> >
> >
> > Try: pigment { image_map { png "globe.png" map_type 1 } }
>
> Plus reading the documentation, because this is really explained in there!
>
>     Thorsten
I've read the documentation, but which map projection do they use? I've
tried lots op projections such as mercator, cylindrical, azimutal,
homalosine projection of Goode, etc.. But non of them give a good result. Do
you know?
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