Tika wrote:
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> How did you do that Earth? Looks so real!
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> Tika
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1. get an image map of earth from the web.
    for example: http://www.radcyberzine.com/xglobe/index.html#maps

2. create a sphere that you overlay with this image via image_map and
the map_type for spherical maps (I think it was map_type 1). Look into
the manual for image_maps.

Voila!


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Sorry... I guess it's not the first time I've been caught "underquoting" :/
But there wasn't really anything in the text that talked about the earth that
I remember (but I could be wrong). The earth was in the lower left of the
picture HBRon.jpg (the start of this thread).

I've seen some Earth and Solor System models on the net so if they aren't too
hard to understand, I might try one of them.


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Bob Hughes <inv### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
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> Guess you're talking about David Wilkinson's planet in the space
> construction scene.  I don't see those posts anymore here.  Might help to
> quote a bit into the message in case likewise for others, knowing how
> everyone differs with their newsreaders and all.  Excuse me if you replied
> also to the person via email, just pointing this out.
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> Bob
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> Tika <sum### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> > How did you do that Earth? Looks so real!

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Wow, thanks for the link. And for the tips - going to try that out.

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Tika wrote:

> How did you do that Earth? Looks so real!

Marc Schimmler <sch### [at] icauni-stuttgartde> wrote in message
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> 1. get an image map of earth from the web.
>     for example: http://www.radcyberzine.com/xglobe/index.html#maps
>
> 2. create a sphere that you overlay with this image via image_map and
> the map_type for spherical maps (I think it was map_type 1). Look into
> the manual for image_maps.

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Tika wrote:

> I've seen some Earth and Solor System models on the net so if they aren't too
> hard to understand, I might try one of them.

There is now one available at the Pov Objects Collection:
http://povobjects.virtualave.net/

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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> Tika wrote:
>> I've seen some Earth and Solor System models on the net so if they aren't
too
>> hard to understand, I might try one of them.

> There is now one available at the Pov Objects Collection:
> http://povobjects.virtualave.net/

I think I was there and grabbed that one too... I know I have Chris Colefax's
Galaxy models and those are so neat! Now for the planets. <G>


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