POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.newusers: planet Earth using a texture map?: Re: planet Earth using a texture map?

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From: cconner
Date: 8 Mar 1999 11:33:53
Message: <36e3fbf0$1$ppbaare$mr2ice@news.povray.org>

In <35dcd18b.0@news.povray.org>, on 08/20/98 
   at 09:39 PM, "Ashley McGlone" <ash### [at] premierwebnet> said:

>Newbie question:

>How can I create planet Earth using a texture map?
>TIA

>Mr. Ashley McGlone
>Ash### [at] PremierWebNet
>http://www.premierweb.net/users/ashley/welcome.html


The easiest way is just to create a sphere and use a spherical surface
map. I did this with an image I got from the NASA web site.  Check out my
page http://members.xoom.com/scarfield/3d/povray/oldies.html


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