Texture Maps:

livingearth.com offers the following Earth Texture Maps. Click on the texture link for more detailed information. Click here for pricing.

Texture
File Type
Description
24-bit Color
Earth's sunlit surface
(pre-shaded)
Night Earth 24-bit Color Earth's moonlit surface 
(including city lights)
Clouds 8-bit Grayscale Clouds 
Land Elevation 8-bit Grayscale Surface elevation 
(for 'bumping' or displacement)
Ocean Bathymetry 8-bit Grayscale Ocean floor elevation/
Ocean depth
(for 'bumping' or displacement)
Geo-political Boundaries 8-bit Grayscale Country/State/Territory borders
Latitude/Longitude 8-bit Grayscale 15 degree grid 
Moon 8-bit Grayscale The Lunar Surface
Mars 24-bit Color Mars' Surface
Stars 24-bit Color Based on the SAO Star Catalog and containing approx. a quarter of a million stars.
     
Texture Layer Pricing:
Level Price (USD)
10,000 x 5,000 px $750.00
8,640 x 4,320 px $500.00
4,320 x 2,160 px $350.00
2,160 x 1,080 px $200.00
1,080 x 540 px $150.00
540 x 270 px $75.00


Add any texture to the Earth Package starting at $250.00 per texture.

Our standard projection (unwrapped globe) is the Plate Carree which is more commonly known as the Rectilinear Projection (2x1 ratio). This projection is accurately mapped by most 3D modeling/animation software packages using the "spherical mapping" option.
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