My first world map

[Blindkingofbohemia]

Thanks Selden, I've got my map onto a globe... now I just need to add atmosphere and clouds... is there a script you could give me to copy/paste, or is it too complex?

[Blindkingofbohemia]

Also to Mr. Pink, can I suggest that you look at RobA's excellent tutorials for mapping in the GIMP, and even Ascension's photoshop tuts?

[selden]

The SSC catalog included in the zip file attached to my previous post has atmosphere directives in it, but here's another link to it.

All I did was copy-and-paste the atmosphere and cloud code from the definition of the Earth that's included in solarsys.ssc in Celestia's data folder. You might want to find (or create) a more appropriate cloud image, since the Earth's cloud patterns are very distinctive. (E.g. they often form in outline around major continents.)

[ravells]

Following this thread with interest. There are some good cloud masks here.