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25 Apr 2024 00:47:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Map of Earth  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 17 Jul 2018 17:16:59
Message: <5b4e5ccb$1@news.povray.org>
I went ahead and created this one instead.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_map_nations_mono.svg


Mike


On 7/17/2018 4:40 PM, Mike Horvath wrote:
> Thanks!
> 
> The notes on that page say that the Robinson projection was used. Would 
> equirectangular projection be better?
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> On 7/17/2018 2:15 PM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
>> Le 17/07/2018 à 18:17, Mike Horvath a écrit :
>>> Can anyone recommend a good map of Earth that I can wrap around a
>>> sphere? It should not be photorealistic, but rather be a monochromatic
>>> political map like some of these:
>>>
>>>
https://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/world-map?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=illustration&phrase=world%20map

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> Yes, I just recently searched such map.
>>
>> The projection to use is type 1,
>>
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-FlatWorld6.svg
>>
>>  From that page you can download classical bitmap (png) and be happy.
>>
>


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