I love this topic. A vectorized 3D ball would be fantastic.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all - I'm also looking closely at this issue.
It's becoming necessary
to A)
fix the Hindi character on the left-hand side of the puzzle globe, and B)
as
Lennart is pointing out it's advantageous (and somewhat logical) to need a
fully
3D version of the globe for all sorts of needs.
+1 for fixing the character (and perhaps clarifying any where the current
rendering isn't clear) to update the current logo. I would also like to see
characters on the currently blank pieces on the bottom.
I'm working with a colleague who is going to
create a fully 3D version of
the
globe (as stage one) in blender. I'd like to have a modeled version for
the
simple reason that we obviously want to build a globe for public display,
and to
have one here in the WMF offices.
This would also be great. Note that a question harder than "what goes on
the back?" is "what do the top and bottom of the sphere look like?", which
is a question to work out with a talented spherical-puzzle designer. (for
the top, it would be nice to have an estimate of the # of unfinished pieces,
or a tentative design, but since the original point was to indicate the
unfinished nature of the projects, a true 3D model would also be unfinished)
I'd be interested in hearing more about thoughts
on further scripts. It
seems
kind of obvious that we would continue the theme of 'w's in other languages
on
each of the pieces.
I support the idea of having good representative scripts, not just "the most
widely spoken".
SJ