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#1 kwint_pendick Jan 02, 2006 16:20:38	I was wonderin' if anybody knows of a program that can take a flat map .jpeg or .gif and make it into a global/spherical map? Thanks in Advance, kwint
#2 zombiegleemax Jan 03, 2006 17:09:34	fractal mapper v7.0 can create and apply spherical maps...probably the best mapping tool out there...here's where to order...
#3 ripvanwormer Jan 03, 2006 19:36:18	You could also just crop half of it and "spherical distort" it using an image-manipulating program like photoimpression (which came with my scanner), and then crop a circular shape around the distorted area. Like this: I'm not sure how accurate it is, though.
#4 ripvanwormer Jan 03, 2006 21:13:31	Actually, crop somewhere between half and none of it first. Half takes away too much, considering I cut out a lot more to make it a circle. I cropped none of it and it looks like a bit too much area on one side:
#5 kwint_pendick Jan 04, 2006 0:24:30	Actually, crop somewhere between half and none of it first. Half takes away too much, considering I cut out a lot more to make it a circle. I cropped none of it and it looks like a bit too much area on one side: Fellas- Thanks for the replies...Hey, Rip, that's a pretty nice map; I really like the color scheme...We'll talk more over at PW.com... Kwint