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    Guild Artisan su_liam's Avatar
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    Tutorial How to fit a map to a globe.

    I have a post on my little blog about fitting a map to a globe without nasty pinching or discontinuities. Good for those who are as obsessive compulsive about realism as I wish I were.

    Here you go.

    Comments here or on the site are welcome. Please rate this tutorial!

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    Nice

    Know of any Gimp versions of the Flexify filter?
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    Try Matthew's Map Projection Software.
    I'll try a new revised post with GIMP and MMPS. I'm looking forward to jury duty so it won't be too soon.

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    depending on just what input data you have
    MMPS is not bad

    the main issues are the correct mapping at and near the poles

    gimp has a built in tool to remap to polar projection

    this in combination with the gimp plugin "Resynthesizer"

    http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer

    the source code
    https://github.com/bootchk/resynthesizer

    you can then "fix" the area at the poles

    or
    use the built in tool "heal" to fix small areas
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