Thread: Earth looks beautiful. Check out my openGL app
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Old 03-23-2003, 02:50 AM  
Baal
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Quote:
Originally posted by Lane
if you think your graphics card can handle it, try using these images to get more detail


http://www.oera.net/How2/PlanetTexs/..._2500x1250.jpg
http://www.oera.net/How2/PlanetTexs/..._2500x1250.jpg


you have to resize them to 2048x1024 and convert to bmp and put in the same folder where the proggy is.

and there are some more here:
http://www.oera.net/How2/TextureMaps.htm
Good stuff there, I remember I found a world map based upon those maps that was something like 25,000x18000 resolution... that was amazing. I could almost see myself on there! Don't remember the site that huge map is on though.
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