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[djellison]

Does anyone know of a not-topographic version of something like this?

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Gallery/MapsA...oon.html#Globes

I need something I can cut-out and assemble using a 10cm sphere as a former.

Any pointers much appreciated!

Cheers

Doug

[jamescanvin]

The one chuckclark posted a couple of days ago no good?

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=130501

[djellison]

Good call!

Of course, the other way to get a greyscale USGS one...

Is to print the Topo one in black and white

[djellison]

Oh - and then invert the image ( the Mare look better that way )

Not perfect - but it will do the job - making a scale model with this...

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[t_oner]

Doug you find the map, I will make the petal projection.

[djellison]

Awesome - there's a 4k res map on this http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/creators..._2k_4k_Moon.zip

Steve's 8k Map would also do the job - http://laps.noaa.gov/albers/sos/moon/moon_...olor_brim16.jpg

[t_oner]

Doug here is your petal map, this is the first time I made such a map, hope I did not make a mistake. My cut passes from 0 deg longitude, not 15 deg as in the USGS map.

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[ngunn]

Doug, where did you get that realistic terrestrial globe with clouds and all? I've been after one of those for years.

[t_oner]

Here is another one with Steve's 8K map.

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[djellison]

Doug, where did you get that realistic terrestrial globe with clouds and all? I've been after one of those for years.

The imaginative 'just globes' ( http://www.justglobes.co.uk/ )

It's actually about as good as I was expecting, and if it gets enough light, populated areas then glow in the dark

I'll do photos when I've made my scale Moon to go with it

Huge thanks to Tayfun - those are AWESOME!!!

Doug

[ngunn]

The imaginative 'just globes'

Brillliant, thanks for the link. Pity they don't do a matching moon to scale. If I have dealings with them maybe I'll suggest it.

[djellison]

Hence why I'm printing the two halves of Tayfun's great projections as 16cm squares, to make a 32cm circumference (thus just over 10cm diameter) sphere :0

Doug

[Guest_jumpjack_*]

Here is another one with Steve's 8K map.

How do you create such projections? I have a Photoshop plugin which creates an eqautorial-centered (?) projection, named Flexify, but it's quite hard to get all pieces matching at the poles!

I just had an idea about how to build a 500$ globe just for 50$ and I was going to print an equatorial world map, but a polar version would be much better!

I'd lie to use one of these:



They're very cheap, very large (up to 50cm diameter) and quite spherical inside:


Of course I'd place it up-down, covering the neck with the structure which holds the "globe".

[t_oner]

Jumpjack this is a composite map consisting of 13 parts for each hemisphere and it is not possible to create it with Photoshop. I am using a custom program that I wrote. I have made the 0-75 deg lats to overlap for 1 degrees. 0-75 degrees are in transverse mercator projection, each petal is 30 degrees wide and centered in each petals central longitude. Standard latitude is 0 degrees (hence the straight edge). Polar region from 75 to 90 degrees latitude is in Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area projection.

I think the best way to create a cheap globe would be to match one of these petals to a cheap earth globe in scale and paste it with a good decoupage medium (I don't think others will work). Then spray it with a water based finish. I am planning to create an Io globe in this way.

[Guest_jumpjack_*]

Jumpjack this is a composite map consisting of 13 parts for each hemisphere and it is not possible to create it with Photoshop.I am using a custom program that I wrote.

Maybe you're able to write photoshop plugins, just... you didn't yet know!
http://www.philohome.com/rhombicuboctahedr...boctahedron.htm

I think the best way to create a cheap globe would be to match one of these petals to a cheap earth globe in scale and paste it with a good decoupage medium (I don't think others will work). Then spray it with a water based finish. I am planning to create an Io globe in this way.

Why wasting money on an earth globe? Just buy a "garden lamp cover"
http://www.fratellidelpiano.com/index.php/cPath/177_182
(sorry, don't know any english site)

It will cost 1/2 or 1/3 than a same-size earth globe. ;-)