3d Globe Map Bump Map

Use this as a bump map to give the appearance of the earth s rugged surface features.

3d globe map bump map. The first version of this websites used google earth plugin and google maps api. Some madmen have also used this data in pov ray as a displacement map on a very finely divided sphere to produce a true 3d version of the earth. This stunning tablet and ipad enabled resource gives you an interactive globe of the earth with a wide range of geographic demographic and statistical maps. Collaborate with others.

The google earth plug in allows you to navigate and explore new travel destinations on a 3d globe. If the plug in doesn t work correctly with chrome see the chrome help center to learn how to update to the latest version. This scene consists of a sphere named globe an extruded and faced curve named arm 2 scaled cylinders named. 1k 2k 4k 10k.

Riu plaza new york times square. W new york downtown. The 10k version is very large so make sure you really need that much detail. Textures are artificially created on the surface of objects using grayscale and simple lighting tricks rather than having to manually create individual bumps and cracks.

32k earth specular map 32k vt dds. Bump maps bump maps create the illusion of depth and texture on the surface of a 3d model using computer graphics. The vector perpendicular to the surface. Both texture types are used to generate fairly realistic shadows on the surface.

You typically get smoother results with a normalmap than with a bumpmap. To achieve this bumpmaps store the height of each point on the surface while normalmaps store the surface normals hence the name i e. Some madmen have also used this data in pov ray as a displacement map on a very finely divided sphere to produce a true 3d version of the earth. Bump maps are great at adding a lot of low relief detail on low polygon objects so a one polygon wall could show hundreds of bricks thanks to bump mapping.

Hilton garden inn times square central. Doubletree by hilton nyc financial district. This file is located in the globe zip file. Explore satellite maps and 3d earth.

Neal hirsig nhirsig tufts edu bump mapping globe animation in this tutorial we ll add a bump map and a regular texture map to a model of a globe and animate the globe s rotation. Bump mapping globe animation dropbox file. 32k earth specular map. Make use of google earth s detailed globe by tilting the map to save a perfect 3d view or diving into street view for a 360 experience.

This is derived from usgs dem data with the addition of the arctic ice areas which do not show up on usgs data since they are not solid land masses use this to. Use this as a bump map to give the appearance of the earth s rugged surface features. Share your story with the world. The wall street inn.

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