# Earth Map?

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/earth-map/60850
**Category:** Xsi
**Tags:** rendering
**Created:** [October 3, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/earth-map/60850 "2001-10-03T06:03:45Z")
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### Author: ![thenexx2](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@thenexx2](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/thenexx2)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/earth-map/60850/1 "2001-10-03T06:03:45Z")

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A bit off topic for XSI, but this is my home so hope you folks can help, I am after a really nice hi-res unwrapped earth map for projecting onto a sphere (obviously!) I have collected quite a few over the years but never a really good photographic one that looks good close up.  
I have seen some really nice ones in movies recently and have a project that I need one for now, If anyone has such an image or knows where to get one, please post!

Cheers, Nick

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### Author: ![wolfinger](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@wolfinger](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/wolfinger)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/earth-map/60850/2 "2001-10-03T14:46:40Z")

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check out NASA

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### Author: ![atyss](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@atyss](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/atyss)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/earth-map/60850/3 "2001-10-03T20:37:21Z")

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Try this link:  
[http://www.noirextreme.com/digital/digital001122.htm](http://www.noirextreme.com/digital/digital001122.htm)

There are huge maps of Earth. They were taken by NASA, and are more mathematically accurate than photorealistic.

However, making a realistic Earth is not an easy task, it requires also good lighting and effects settings. The link I gave you contains a tutorial to achieve a good image, but is intended for 3ds max.

Hope this helps  
Bernard Lebel

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### Author: ![thenexx2](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@thenexx2](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/thenexx2)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/earth-map/60850/4 "2001-10-04T00:06:38Z")

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> [@](#):
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> In reply to:   
> Try this link:  
> [http://www.noirextreme.com/digital/digital001122.htm](http://www.noirextreme.com/digital/digital001122.htm)
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> There are huge maps of Earth. They were taken by NASA, and are more mathematically accurate than photorealistic.
> 
> However, making a realistic Earth is not an easy task, it requires also good lighting and effects settings. The link I gave you contains a tutorial to achieve a good image, but is intended for 3ds max.
> 
> Hope this helps  
> Bernard Lebel

Thanks Bernard I will check it out, Nick