README.xglobe-0.5.maps

WHERE TO GET MAPS:


For additional maps to use with XGlobe check the link on the XGlobe homepage
http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uddn/xglobe or Jeff Jolley's excellent XGlobe Maps page
at http://www.radcyberzine.com/xglobe/.


HOW TO USE MAPS:

XGlobe will look for map.bmp in its data directory when no -mapfile option
is given. So convert your default map to Windows bitmap format and put it
there. When using the -nightmap switch without the -nightmapfile switch
XGlobe will look for mapnight.bmp.

If you find any other good maps, please tell me!


CLOUD MAPS:

In version 0.5 Andrew Sumner added support for cloud maps. The only maps I
know to work are the ones from the Earth & Moon Viewer page.
(http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth)

To get a map from there, use the options:
Display - Map
Image - IR clouds
No night

The purple continent lines are removed by XGlobe.

Included is a script called getcloudmap.sh by Andrew Sumner. I didn't test it,
so don't ask me about it. If someone creates a nicer one (perhaps in Perl?)
please tell me so.