I have put up a new gallery with more detailed renders of the earth surface:

http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0013390/pov/earth2.html

I used the same technique as for the older images but the data for these 
is much higher resolution (3 instead of 30 arc seconds for the height 
data).  I also tried more detailed images for the surface color but 
apart from the low resolution the MODIS images are quite unbeatable (no 
shading and clouds, constant quality).

Christoph

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On Thursday 23 September 2004 14:02, Christoph Hormann wrote :

> 
> I have put up a new gallery with more detailed renders of the earth
> surface:
> 
> http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0013390/pov/earth2.html
> 
> I used the same technique as for the older images but the data for these
> is much higher resolution (3 instead of 30 arc seconds for the height
> data).  I also tried more detailed images for the surface color but
> apart from the low resolution the MODIS images are quite unbeatable (no
> shading and clouds, constant quality).
> 
> Christoph
> 

A-bloody-mazing 

Or in plain English : Very well done with very beautiful results :)
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Ger

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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:02:36 +0200, Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
wrote:
> I used the same technique as for the older images but the data for these 
> is much higher resolution (3 instead of 30 arc seconds for the height 
> data).  I also tried more detailed images for the surface color but 
> apart from the low resolution the MODIS images are quite unbeatable (no 
> shading and clouds, constant quality).

Impressive and beautiful.

Times/memory/POV version ?

ABX

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"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
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: I have put up a new gallery with more detailed renders of the earth surface:
: http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0013390/pov/earth2.html

Those are wonderful!
=Bob=

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ABX wrote:
> 
> Impressive and beautiful.

Thanks.

> Times/memory/POV version ?

A few hours/between 100 and 800 MB/MegaPOV 1.1

Christoph

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High!

Christoph Hormann wrote:
> 
> I have put up a new gallery with more detailed renders of the earth 
> surface:
> 
> http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0013390/pov/earth2.html
> 
> I used the same technique as for the older images but the data for these 
> is much higher resolution (3 instead of 30 arc seconds for the height 
> data).  I also tried more detailed images for the surface color but 
> apart from the low resolution the MODIS images are quite unbeatable (no 
> shading and clouds, constant quality).

Awesome... simply awesome!!!

Of course, I started picking the 3 arcsecond files for Afghanistan just 
after I read about the newly published data sets...

I hope that meanwhile even a 0.3 arcsecond (equalling 10 meters per 
pixel at the equator) survey is in progress or at least planned for the 
nearer future... so I wouldn't have to tackle with those Soviet-made 
1:100,000 military maps, nor with the enormous task to program an 
interpolation tool for manually extracted contour lines...

See you in Khyberspace - 
http://home.arcor.de/yadgar/khyberspace/index-d.html
Afghanistan Chronicle: http://home.arcor.de/yadgar/

Yadgar

Now playing: Albedo 0.39 (Vangelis)

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"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
news:ciue0t$b6n$1@chho.imagico.de
> I have put up a new gallery with more detailed renders of the earth
> surface:
> http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0013390/pov/earth2.html
>
> I used the same technique as for the older images but the data for
> these is much higher resolution (3 instead of 30 arc seconds for the
> height data).  I also tried more detailed images for the surface
> color but apart from the low resolution the MODIS images are quite 
> unbeatable
> (no shading and clouds, constant quality).

Almost as good as looking out the plane window!

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