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28 Apr 2024 04:46:17 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Exomoon Whatmough - height distribution problem  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 15 Feb 2018 11:14:58
Message: <5a85b202$1@news.povray.org>
On 2/13/2018 4:21 AM, Jörg "Yadgar" Bleimann wrote:
> Hi(gh)!
> 
> Meanwhile, I generated the first global physical maps of Whatmough (see 
> also my posting in p.b.a), starting with the terrain relief and land/see 
> distribution as shown in the animation (first image attached)... as 
> ocean depths and land heights were still too extreme for an almost 
> Earth-sized body, I tweaked the scaling factor of the terrain function 
> as well as the sea level (second image). But still I'm not contented 
> with the result, as low-lying land areas (dark and light green) and 
> shallow continental shelves (pale cyan) are by far too narrow to look 
> Earth-like. Which parameter(s) of the ridged_mf() function do I have to 
> change to achieve this?
> 
> See you in Khyberspace!
> 
> Yadgar


I think what you need is some erosion to smooth some of the sharp edges. 
Dunno how to do that though.

Mike


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