Weyert, Have a look at Celestia... http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ http://celestiamotherlode.net/
You can overlay long/latitude over the Earth's image and clouds roll by above that. They have access to some of Nasa's images. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Weyert de Boer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 5:36 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] > Ten Year Flash website > Hi! I just saw the new website Ten Year Flash. It really looks nice. But > could someone here share what you used > for creating the Earth? How would have made the website like this: > > 1. some rotating video left to right, right to left. you cant rotate > top-bottom etc. > 2. reusable zoom in, and zoom out animation using the texture from > NASA Marble project [1] using a reasonable resolution > 3. create serie of pictures that has all major countries, and some > times major cities in countries (i.e. east and west coast of north america) > 4. creating image that adds the 'fogginess' which will blended with > the picture of 2. > 5. Some lang/lat projection system or something to show the items on > the globe. > > How would you guys do it? Or more interesting would any of the creators > of the site share information? > I think I am gonna recreate this. > > [1] > http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/BlueMarble_monthlies.html > > Yours, > Weyert > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
