Re: [HACKERS] Re: Developers Globe (FINAL)

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> On 16-Mar-99 Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> > Now you know how I felt with the globe(too fast, hard to see), and
> >> > static map(bad dots).
> >>
> >> The first raytraced example (just a quick shot :-) is in
> >> place.
> >>
> >> http://www.postgresql.org/~wieck/index.html
> >>
> >> As you might expect, the locations of the nails are from the
> >> same data I already have. I just bent them a little so every
> >> location is visible. There is no map behind, but that's easy
> >> and could have it's hot areas under the knobs of the nails.
> >
> > Woh. I didn't know what ratracing was, but I know I like it. Certainly
> > jumps out at you. Is it in a paper tray?
>
> Almost looks like a wooden box with water in it and the continents are
> floating on the water. Jan, what are you using to create that?
>
> Vince.

It's a wooden box with some water looking ground - right. The
continents sit on a glass surface above. Actually I'm playing
around with some bump mapping on the glass so it will be
better visible. And there where some errors in the images I
used for mapping, better soon.

I'm using rayshade and the utah raster toolkit for that.

It's not the final version. Finally there will be some
objects around the whole scene that produce reflections on
the glass so it looks like the box is laying on a table
inside of a room.

Jan

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