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From: Bald Eagle
Subject: GrADS - for world builders?
Date: 20 Apr 2019 08:30:01
Message: <web.5cbb10993dd17d6a4eec112d0@news.povray.org>

I came across this the other day looking to analyze global data over time, and
just thought that some folks might like to take a look.

I'm not sure if any of the data can be used to create scenes in POV-Ray, however
it's open source, and the tutorial may give folks some ideas about adapting some
of the code to SDL - since historically, so many Povvers have shown interest in
making globes, planets, solar systems, creating weather systems, etc.

Apparently you can step through time points to show an animation, but I haven't
yet gotten that to work (slowly enough to see it)

http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/tutorial.html

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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: GrADS - for world builders?
Date: 21 Apr 2019 02:42:47
Message: <5cbc10e7$1@news.povray.org>

On 20-4-2019 14:29, Bald Eagle wrote:
> 
> I came across this the other day looking to analyze global data over time, and
> just thought that some folks might like to take a look.
> 
> I'm not sure if any of the data can be used to create scenes in POV-Ray, however
> it's open source, and the tutorial may give folks some ideas about adapting some
> of the code to SDL - since historically, so many Povvers have shown interest in
> making globes, planets, solar systems, creating weather systems, etc.
> 
> Apparently you can step through time points to show an animation, but I haven't
> yet gotten that to work (slowly enough to see it)
> 
> http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/tutorial.html
> 
> 

It looks like a (simplified?) GIS program like ArcGIS/ArcView. It 
doesn't tell so, but I would expect the use of voxels here...

Potentially interesting...

-- 
Thomas

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