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1 Oct 2024 15:21:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Isosurface Landscape (64k)  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 29 Aug 2000 06:06:26
Message: <39AB8B56.4C638B47@schunter.etc.tu-bs.de>
Margus Ramst wrote:
> 
> Wonderful landscape. Too bad about the render time, but I guess it is to be
> expected with this much of topological detail.

Thanks, that about sums it up: the more detail, the more time it takes, the only
nice thing is that it does not need much memory.

> I haven't seen such formations first-hand and can't comment on the realism. The
> mesa (?) seem to made of some sedimentary rock like sandstone, aren't they
> usually made of harder rocks like granite? But I really don't know, and it looks
> good as is.
> 

I think you are right about the type of stone, granite would probably need some
additional sharp medium scale structure, but i think there are quite a lot of
sandstone formations like this.

Christoph

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Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
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