[vtkusers] higher fidelity earth?

[Andy Miller]

I searched Google for "John B. Allison earth data" and found some hits on a
program he wrote called MAPIT that may have more detailed data embedded.

I also found a text referenced to a database called "The World Digitized". A
search on this turned up these links (and others):

http://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/ftphost.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos
/worldmap/
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~data/database/c_global.html

HTH, Andy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Manges" <mangesr at cctcorp.com>
To: <vtkusers at public.kitware.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 8:02 AM
Subject: [vtkusers] higher fidelity earth?


> Hello,
>
> I'm looking to create an earth with a higher fidelity map than the one
> provided with vtkEarthSource.  I'm also looking to draw state boundaries
> on the US as well as possibly air traffic boundaries.  How about
> correcting for the slight oblong shape of the earth since the earth
> isn't a perfect sphere?  Anybody have any ideas where I can start?  I
> tried following the ftp link on the documentation and/or looking up the
> contributors of vtkEarthSource, but so far no luck.
>
> Thanks for your ideas!
>
> --Ross
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