Re:ElevationGrid

[Neil Woodhouse <N.Woodhouse@earth.leeds.ac.uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-vrml-approval@vrml.org [mailto:www-vrml-approval@vrml.org]On
> Behalf Of casteeld
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 1998 7:08 AM
> To: Neil Woodhouse
> Cc: www-vrml@vrml.org; geovrml@ai.sri.com
> Subject: Re: ElevationGrid
>
>
> I to am disappointed with the elevationGrid node. Most Ray-tracers
> allow the use of
> an image file where the color value sets the elevation. This is very
> easy to use and
> there are many tools out there for creating good height field image files.

Braden wrote:


>[.....]This is the kind of thing an authoring tool should do for you. You note that there are too>ls out there to create height field image files--it just as easy to go the other
>direction.

Prismatic Booger

Yes, that's fine, but i want to see it within the VRML spec. I don't want to be spending hundreds of dollars/pounds on authoring tools that aren't *truly* spec compliant. I'm again thinking about the end user here, which in my case is the student who wants to use VRML as a geographic/geologic  project.

Regards,

Neil

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