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31 Jul 2024 06:22:56 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Landscape tinkering  
From: andrel
Date: 16 Feb 2010 14:27:19
Message: <4B7AF195.6060400@gmail.com>

> High!
> 
> andrel wrote:
> 
>> For some reason this made me wondering how a planet(oid) would look 
>> like with
>>
>> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Cosmic_Background_Imager-_CMB.png 
>>
>>
>> as a hightfield.
> 
> Not really good - as the bitmap is neither seamless in the x direction 
> nor stretched appropriately towards its upper and lower edge along the x 
> direction to match the cylindrical projection! Also, then its x:y ratio 
> should be 2:1!

This is only a small part. Obviously the whole thing should be seamless 
and fit on a sphere, because that is how they measured it.


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