I love this topic. A vectorized 3D ball would be fantastic.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Jay Walsh jwalsh@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