Time Zones

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Rich

Time Zones

Post #1by Rich » 22.12.2004, 14:09

Hi,
Does anyone know of an earth map (political borders or otherwise,) or overlay showing Time Zones...? I tried to make one with a miller cylindrical projection but it didn't look right...

Thanks,
Rich

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Post #2by selden » 23.12.2004, 04:21

A political overlay map for Celestia by Grant Hutchison is at
http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/hutchison/borders.html

Celestia requires "simple cylindrical" projection, also known as "Plate Carree", not "Miller".
Selden

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Rich

Time Zone Map

Post #3by Rich » 23.12.2004, 15:54

Thanks for the reply, Selden.

My previous post, as I re-read it, was a little unclear - I already I do already have the polit borders overlay, which is a great geography tool; I'm really looking for a simple cylindrical version of a time zone map like this....
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/timezones_2001.jpg
...whether it has political borders or not is fine.

If I come across one, I'll post about it. It'd make a nice addition. There must be one out there somewhere!

Rich

Tanketai

Time Zone Map

Post #4by Tanketai » 06.01.2005, 05:09

One like this?

Image

I used a low-res map, so it looks more like a pre-school toy than a science-based time-zone map. But, compared to my other celestia stuff, this one turned out great. :P

Rich B

Time Zone

Post #5by Rich B » 07.01.2005, 16:52

Yes, Tanketai, that's pretty much just what I had in mind.
-RB


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