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26 Apr 2024 21:47:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Earth by clearmap.tga  
From: Roland Mösl
Date: 4 Nov 2011 02:04:48
Message: <4eb38080$1@news.povray.org>
On 2011-11-03 23:04, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Le 03/11/2011 21:58, Roland Mösl nous fit lire :
>> Just show the explanation of the PEGE symbol.
>>
>> For this animation, I rendered Earth
>> by clearmap.tga as described in POV 1994.
>>
>> This was fine at the resolution of this days,
>> but now, I would like a file like
>> clearmap.tga with a much higher resoltuion.
>>
>> What source?
>>
>> Roland Mösl
>
> For daylight with snow,
> http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/ddsimages/SnowIceCover_Daily.png

This picture would be optimal for spring or autumn

With all the snow, I would have to change the direction
of the earth axis to the winter postion.

> For nightlight, "earthlights dmsp" in wikipedia
> (16,384 × 8,192 pixels at full resolution)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earthlights_dmsp.jpg
>
> For daylight,
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Land_shallow_topo_2048.jpg
> (2048x1024 at full resolution)

This in PNG and the resolution of the snow picture!

Roland Mösl


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