Michael Smith wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> Maybe it would be clearer if I give an example. Suppose you
> have a satellite image of Washington D.C., a satellite image of
> the surrounding states, and a satellite image of the entire Earth
> and you want to create an animation that zooms in from space
> onto the D.C. image, utilizing all three images as resolution
> demands.
> 

> comprising the entire surface of the Earth. The total dimensions
> of all the tiles combined into a single image is way beyond what
> my paint program can handle (please don't say get Photo Shop -
> I know, I know). :-)
> 
> Can POV-Ray put those tiles into their respective positions on a
> sphere according to user-defined inputs?

Arbitrary map projections should be possible in Povray 3.5 using functions
as long as you know about the math of the projection.  Note that not all
kinds of projection used in geography can be described through a precise
formula though.

Christoph

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