#searching good earthmap
20-Apr-95 13:30:59
Sb: #165322-#searching good earthmap
Fm: REZA DASTMALCHIAN 75500,466
To: Michael Bassier 100114,1717
Michael: Thank you for your response. It turns out that Viewpoint does not have
the legal right to offer the hi-res Earth image since the author has signed an
exclusive agreement with a US company to produce some kind of CD-ROM. There is
Canadian company called Worlsat which has a similar image although I've seen a
cutout of the 8kx4k of Europe and the colors look a bit off, they want to see
tens of thousands of dollars to release the image. There is also one other guy
here in LA that has another image called GeoSphere and he is so protective of
the image like its national security. In any case, if you find something please
let me know. I'm trying to animate a zoom from orbit down to the Pyramids with
3D studio. Sincerely,
-Reza