The default world heightmap is not an equirectangular map.
C1ffisme opened this issue · comments
Describe the bug
The globe feature uses an equirectangular map projection even though the default world elevation map is not equirectangular. Although this is good for editing the borders of small areas, this leads to some bad pinching at the world poles.
Steps to reproduce
- Generate a new map with the world heightmap
- Set the size to "Whole World"
- Observe poles
Expected behavior
For users making full planetary maps, it would be nice to have a proper equirectangular Earth map either as the default or as an alternative so that it works correctly with the globe feature.
The "World" heightmap preset is not supposed to be fit to the "Whole World" option in the Configure World menu. The Heightmap preset is obviously truncated since Greenland is evidently cut off and there's no Antarctica, you're easily missing 30 degrees of latitude at the top and the bottom.
The "World" heightmap preset is not supposed to be fit to the "Whole World" option in the Configure World menu. The Heightmap preset is obviously truncated since Greenland is evidently cut off and there's no Antarctica, you're easily missing 30 degrees of latitude at the top and the bottom.
Precisely, but it would be nice if we had an elevation map that does fit the Whole World option
It would be nice to have, agree. As for now you can add it manually, it should not be that complex