On 03/22/2017 09:23 PM, rodv92 wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> It seems that the tierra project, as far as i remember, is tile based.
> I am thinking on a method to make it spherical (to simulate low earth orbit)
>
> For the moment i see two options, one cheap and dirty, the other complicated.
>
> cheap&dirty :
> -Use an optical artifact to "sphericize" the scene. (would distort the straight
> lines even at close distance however, but the effect would be manageable on a
> straight "short segment" object, no ?
>
> complicated :
> - make several small terrain tiles and pave a polyhedra with a lot of facets
>
> But there would be still a need to replace lightsys sky with a spherical media
> (that should be doable, i have already a project for that)
>
> Any ideas ? A project that does that may already exist... or another new library
> i do not know the existence of... ;)
>
> Have a nice day
>
> Rod.
>
>
Hi Rod,

If you've not found it already, see Christoph Horman's 
http://earth.imagico.de/main.php site.

Hope your day is a good one as well,
Bill P.

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