Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

> The sphere is not scaled.  To account for oblateness, I'd have to know
> whether the maps were prepared with geocentric or geodedic latitudes,
> and *then* I'd have to remember how I handled the difference 30 years
> ago when I worked on USAF satellites.  And then a function would have to
> be applied to distort the image map in the north-south orientation.
>
> My head is already starting to hurt.

Oh yeah - I remember when Mike Horvath was doing stuff with that, and I looked
into it, and said, "Nope."

https://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.animations/thread/%3C5b57aea2%241%40news.povray.org%3E/

https://news.povray.org/povray.general/thread/%3C5b511771%241%40news.povray.org%3E/?mtop=423543



I have gained a significant appreciation for how hairy things get once they go
ellipsoidal.  ;)


- BW

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