Light Maps for Earth
Earth & Atmosphere
Introduction
Display lighting with a light map and WebGL. Load two maps. One map textures the model. The other map provides lighting. Swipe to rotate the 3D Earth with Light Map project. Cloudy lighting doesn't move as the earth rotates.
Light maps provide a quick and uncomplicated method to display lighting. Simply load a different light map to change the lighting.
Texture Maps
The image for the light map was generated with Photoshop gradations, blur and filters.
The image for the texture map was applied to a sphere. NASA generated the original earth map. Seven Thunder Software modified the texture map with Photoshop.
Texture Maps
Sun with Clouds Light Map
Earth Texture Map
Summary
Display lighting with a light map and WebGL. Load two maps. One map textures the model. The other map provides lighting. Swipe to rotate the 3D Earth with Light Map project. Cloudy lighting doesn't move as the earth rotates.
Light maps provide a quick and uncomplicated method to display lighting. Simply load a different light map to change the lighting.
