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No biggie. Besides, I believe there are a few tiny islands around there. So you
needn't bother about it.
Margus
Bob wrote:
>
> I can always try (to get you out of those icey winter waters), however it's a hit
and
> miss problem. If I add or subtract to that Earth image, for the spherical
'image_map',
> it tends to throw other places off. I wish I knew what accuracy it was meant to
have,
> obviously not the choice for cartographers. As I've said, the math of the POV-Ray
> coordinates really shouldn't be off, at least by any observable amount I should
think.
>
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On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 16:38:22 -0500, Bob <inv### [at] aol com> wrote:
>I can always try (to get you out of those icey winter waters), however it's a hit and
>miss problem. If I add or subtract to that Earth image, for the spherical
'image_map',
>it tends to throw other places off. I wish I knew what accuracy it was meant to have,
>obviously not the choice for cartographers. As I've said, the math of the POV-Ray
>coordinates really shouldn't be off, at least by any observable amount I should
think.
Have you considered that Earth is actually not a perfect sphere but is
a little squished along the axis of rotation? It's shaped as a geoide
(sp?) which makes perfect sense as this word means "looking like
Earth" :)
Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700
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Cliff Bowman <who### [at] spamcitycom> wrote in message
news:37766ca4.7134056@news.povray.org...
> On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 01:03:25 -0500, Bob <inv### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>
> [snip]
> > Anyhow, all else appears to be aligning fairly well,
> >but England? It's like a terrible earthquake has shifted it toward the
continent. I
> >haven't a good fix for this yet, I hate to think the coordinate numbers
need a
> >subtraction by more than a degree and even worse the prospect of cut &
pasting Great
> >Britain. Not a thing I like to do, playing god.
>
>
> If you do have to resort to moving the UK - could you move us somewhat
> south? I know the weather's pretty good here at the moment, but we
> could do with a warmer average <g>
Yeah, and airbrush out any clouds.
In fact, you could airbrush out Milton Keynes while you're at it :P
/\/\/\//
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>Uh, say Mark, I think you are letting on about how you like the
Southern Hemisphere
>here; so much so that you sent in a latitude of 142 degrees and 40
minutes. That would
>have put you back up north to -38 degrees instead of this 42 however ;)
Doh, thanks Barry, erm Bob. (Sorry, but a typo is better than Mark vs
Martin :-))
Maybe this is why I keep getting angles of rotation fouled up...
>I took the liberty of removing the 1 already, so you are set up to be
rendered as should
>be. Much later today (6/26) that is.
Thanks for correcting my abject stupidity.
Have Fun
Martin
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Bob wrote in message <3774772F.78A9F9FC@aol.com>...
>Uh, say Mark, I think you are letting on about how you like the
Southern Hemisphere
>here; so much so that you sent in a latitude of 142 degrees and 40
minutes. That would
>Martin Crisp wrote:
>>
>> Anyone further south than me?
>>
>> 42deg 40min S, 147deg 20min E
Umm, is that me sitting off the West coast of Tasmania? (Should be in
the SE corner - point would be centred slightly more than 1 marker
diameter further south, and slightly right of the marker that's in
Melbourne...)
What did I submit for longditude (given I submitted a different latitude
to what I typed above...)?
Just had a look at a higher resolution map...1:25,000 (rather than the
Readers Digest World Map) :-)
42deg 50min (about 30sec) S
147deg 17min (about 5sec) E
Or am I now being picky? (Don't get me wrong, looks great!)
Have Fun
Martin
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Bob <inv### [at] aolcom> wrote in message news:3772E7C3.74469EE9@aol.com...
> http://members.aol.com/wrld0rigin/povwrldjpg.htm
>
I think you ought to check on the alignment of the image map you're
using.
At first I thought I'd been missed, checked you list, and sure enough,
I'm on there.
But where ? Let me tell you none of the spots on the UK are over
Cambridge (where I am).
Then I noticed those two spots that seem to be floating in the sea.
Could it be that you're image map is shifted a couple of degrees to the
east ? (or that the spots are shifted a couple of degrees west). That would
explain the spots off the west coasts of Wales & Ireland and correcting it
would put one of the spots roughly over Cambridge !
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You will have email from me soon. But yes, I've noticed aligment
troubles from the beginning, it comes down to the image_map used mostly,
along with possible inaccuracies of lat/lon coordinate submissions. Some
are just city or town names, the East West or South North
positive/negative is most important when sent in. Luckily everyone
states their placename as well, usually.
http://members.aol.com/wrld0rigin/uk.htm
Have a look at this latest one please, anyone who is there in the UK and
surrounding region (a few minutes from time of this message post).
Bob
Scott Hill wrote:
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> Bob <inv### [at] aolcom> wrote in message news:3772E7C3.74469EE9@aol.com...
> > http://members.aol.com/wrld0rigin/povwrldjpg.htm
> >
>
> I think you ought to check on the alignment of the image map you're
> using.
>
> At first I thought I'd been missed, checked you list, and sure enough,
> I'm on there.
> But where ? Let me tell you none of the spots on the UK are over
> Cambridge (where I am).
> Then I noticed those two spots that seem to be floating in the sea.
>
> Could it be that you're image map is shifted a couple of degrees to the
> east ? (or that the spots are shifted a couple of degrees west). That would
> explain the spots off the west coasts of Wales & Ireland and correcting it
> would put one of the spots roughly over Cambridge !
>
> --
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> Software Engineer (and all round nice guy)
> Author of Pandora's Box : Watch this space.
> Work homepage : http://www.cyberlife.co.uk
>
> "We will decide what the news is. The news is what we tell you it is." - The
> Fox TV network.
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On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 06:18:18 -0500, Bob Hughes <inv### [at] aolcom>
wrote:
[snip]
> http://members.aol.com/wrld0rigin/uk.htm
>
>Have a look at this latest one please, anyone who is there in the UK and
>surrounding region (a few minutes from time of this message post).
>
Looking good - there's the anticipated cluster around London
(apparently not much actually IN London though - Odd).
Cheers,
Cliff Bowman
Why not pay my 3D Dr Who site a visit at http://www.who3d.cwc.net/
PS change ".duffcom" to ".net" if replying via e-mail
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There are two "in" London overlapping, one is without lat/lon so only
placed with the other London position. I think I might offset it
slightly now that the closeup shows it better.
> Looking good - there's the anticipated cluster around London
> (apparently not much actually IN London though - Odd).
>
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Therein lies one of the biggest problems with The Earth IMHO - it's
bigger than it often seems.
>There are two "in" London overlapping, one is without lat/lon so only
>placed with the other London position. I think I might offset it
>slightly now that the closeup shows it better.
>
>> Looking good - there's the anticipated cluster around London
>> (apparently not much actually IN London though - Odd).
>>
>
Cheers,
Cliff Bowman
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