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From: Ashley McGlone
Subject: planet Earth using a texture map?
Date: 20 Aug 1998 22:46:51
Message: <35dcd18b.0@news.povray.org>
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


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From: K  Tyler
Subject: Re: planet Earth using a texture map?
Date: 20 Aug 1998 22:55:21
Message: <35DCC51D.8743E60E@pacbell.net>
Ashley McGlone wrote:

> 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

    Go to povray.binaries.images and download the two earth
image maps I posted about 2-3 weeks ago. Then read up in
the docs on using the spherical bump mapping and
spherical image mapping operation. If you need an example
let me know.

Happy rendering !

K.Tyler


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From: cconner
Subject: Re: planet Earth using a texture map?
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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From: Robert Acklin
Subject: Re: planet Earth using a texture map?
Date: 1 Jul 1999 17:52:01
Message: <377be301@news.povray.org>
<cco### [at] amerisurecom> wrote in message
news: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
>

Did you use povray to create the mount'ns in the 1st pic?
(oldies.html)
If not, what did you use? If so how? (or just point me to
the right doc)

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From: Ken
Subject: Re: planet Earth using a texture map?
Date: 1 Jul 1999 18:01:30
Message: <377BE4D8.70F7EEF4@pacbell.net>
Robert Acklin wrote:

> 
> Did you use povray to create the mount'ns in the 1st pic?
> (oldies.html)
> If not, what did you use? If so how? (or just point me to
> the right doc)
> 
> --
> Rob
> -----

  What you are seeing is a Pov generated Height Field. There are many
ways to create them but the easiest is by using a heght field modeling
program like Leveller. 

See my links in the group below for several programs that produce images
usable for height fields in Povray.

povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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