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30 Jul 2024 02:28:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Problems with my planet  
From: Warp
Date: 10 Jan 2010 13:45:11
Message: <4b4a2037@news.povray.org>
David Given <dg### [at] cowlarkcom> wrote:
> The land is an isosurface using topographic data
> from the Kaguya space probe

  Is there a reason to use an isosurface instead of a heightfield?
Heightfields usually render tens of times faster than isosurfaces.

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                                                          - Warp


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