"Basiclife" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
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>
> I'm trying to do ...  map an image around a globe.
>
> I have ye-authentic satellite image of the earth as a JPG (I can change
> format if req'd) and I have a sphere with a light on it. I'm having
> problems combining the 2
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>

Hi, You want something like:

sphere {0,1
  pigment {image_map {jpeg "earth.jpg" map_type 1}}
  translate <0.1,0.2,0.3>
}

The image is mapped to the sphere at the origin using map_type 1 (spherical 
mapping) and is then translated (along with the mapped image) to wherever 
you want it in the scene.

Regards,
Chris B.

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