jute wrote:
> 
> I was referring to you planet rendering system in general; the seams are
> clearly visible in a few pictures, although the St. Helens image is very
> good.  Of course it also depends on the field of view.  From your pages I
> understood your techinque already uses intepolated transition zones between
> hi and lo detail areas -- is it just that some images don't utilize this
> feature (for example, earth_kilimanjaro1.jpg)?

The kilimanjaro pictures are meant to illustrate that there are 
different data sets combined so the visible transit is intentional.  I 
doubt there are visible seams in any of the other images at the size 
they are on the website.

> How much pre-processing these images require?  Can you have the global
> height/texture data 'as is' on the disc, and have your modded pov-ray
> selecting which parts to actually read into memory?

The images are just prepared in the required size and then used in 
POV-Ray.  I don't understand why you would need to modify POV-Ray for that.

Christoph

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