Markus,
I spent the last couple of days hunting for the color bug when
displaying data with a small Z range.
I was unable to locate the bug, however I believe the problem lies in
the file gs_norms.c in the ogsf library. It is here that the XYZ normal
vectors are calculated for the surface. The normal vectors are then
applied with the opengl function glNormal found in gsd_prim.c. I suspect
that there is a problem with how the normal vectors are calculated and
normalized. With a large Z range the normal XY values span -1 to 1, and
the normal Z values span 0 -1. With lat / long data and data with a low
Z range, the normal Z (temp[Z]) component is not normalized to the 0-1
range but rather a small component of it.
I think it is also in the gs_norms.c file where a "map to sphere"
function should be added for lat / long databases.
If you have any ideas let me know.
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Bob Covill
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