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Tips for creating and manipulating planet textures for Celestia.
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Earth

Post #1by John Van Vliet » 08.02.2022, 13:36

EDIT
i changed the links , Google auto set them for ME ONLY


I am using Blue Marble maps , however they are in tiles
so for convince i have joined them into a single image

https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collection/1484/blue-marble

all the maps are in VIPS image format except for the Earth Clouds ( that's in png )

you can get vips lib and the Nip2 GUI here
https://github.com/libvips/libvips
https://github.com/libvips/nip2

it is cross platform for Linux , apple , and Windows

First up is The Earth , this is the April full map ( 86k map )
Screenshot_20220208_081809Earth.png

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GdEXLwkt5g95kpI1FFkE8IGyTiwl0zrJ/view?usp=sharing

then the gtopo 30 map ( this one is a bit hard to get on the net )
Also a 86k map - 16 bit SIGNED integer
Screenshot_20220208_082013DEM.png

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19FzsdRmqTffFeLpCvARdvk-ICkRUq-1c/view?usp=sharing

Then the Clouds

Screenshot_20220208_081853EarthClouds.png

this is a 32k png image
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PmyA3dMHm83HTO8K2JehfkscK8B__FJX/view?usp=sharing

Last is the night lights ( also an 86k map )
https://blackmarble.gsfc.nasa.gov/#product

Screenshot_20220208_082101EarthNight.png

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y3g6Q5O4fKySPa0Sass5zy9FNuE48iWB/view?usp=sharing

As before i will leave the links up for about two weeks seeing as they are all multy Gig in size
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Post #2by CosmicGate7 » 08.02.2022, 16:16

I can't download your earth or moon maps. Google drive denies access...
I have been using celestia since 2018. just messing with stuff for fun.

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Post #3by John Van Vliet » 08.02.2022, 18:21

That is odd

i have the permissions set for everyone on the net can DL

However you might get a virus scan warning , this is do to the files being TOO LARGE to scan


It looks like i need to change the links
Google set them to ME ONLY

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Post #4by CosmicGate7 » 08.02.2022, 20:41

John Van Vliet wrote:It looks like i need to change the links
Google set them to ME ONLY

That explains why Google asked me to log in, which normally isn't required for downloading Google Drive files.

Also, thanks for fixing it, I can download them now. :smile:
I have been using celestia since 2018. just messing with stuff for fun.

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Post #5by John Van Vliet » 16.02.2022, 21:35

it has been about a week so i will bump the thread

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Post #6by gynyonet » 06.10.2022, 04:48

Seems like I can't access the drives at this time! :insane:

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Post #7by John Van Vliet » 06.10.2022, 12:09

do to the large file size i had the files only up for about 2 weeks

if you need i can reupload them and repost the new g-drive links

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Post #8by OAStubby » 23.11.2023, 19:49

Please reupload the files.

Thank you.

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Post #9by John Van Vliet » 27.11.2023, 16:26

The workstation with the textures has a bad boot drive, i am waitting for parts .


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Post #11by OAStubby » 09.12.2023, 12:24

Thank you.


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