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26 Sep 2024 17:47:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Letting off steam  
From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 2 Oct 2009 05:57:51
Message: <4ac5ce9f$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>> Heh. I'm just waiting for Google Earth to go 3D. I mean, they already 
>> have crude 3D models of a few buildings. But what if there were some 
>> satelate technology that allowed the Earth's surface to be scanned in 
>> true 3D? Not just the bits people bothered to model, but the whole 
>> Earth in 3D?
> 
> You do know it displays true 3D texture mapped surfaces like mountain 
> ranges, right?

Sure, it works for geological features. Doesn't work so well for 
man-made structures.

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