[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Suggestion/idea

[Guillermo Luis Grinblat <glgrinblat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Erik Sigra wrote:
> 
> Sunday 24 February 2002 02.12 skrev Guillermo Luis Grinblat:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I write to propose the use of a spherical world map. With 12 pentagons
> > and a variable number of hexagons a figure that looks like a sphere can
> > be made. Here's a picture of a 4500~ tile map of Earth. With a map like
> > this, the polar regions would be as playable as any other region and it
> > is much more realistic than a torus map.
> 
> This has been discussed many times:
> 
> http://arch.freeciv.org/freeciv-dev-200001/msg00439.html
> http://arch.freeciv.org/freeciv-dev-200003/msg00611.html
> http://arch.freeciv.org/freeciv-dev-200008/msg00619.html
> 
> Did you make that image? Would you participate in the implementation?

I made it with a small editor I've made to see how it would look like.
I've been reading your mails and it seems that I used almost the same
algorithm that Steve Hodge explains at
http://arch.freeciv.org/freeciv-dev-200008/msg00625.html
I started with an icosahedron and divided each triangle into smaller
ones, then I made a tile out of each vertex. Since you discused this in
2000, are you already implementing it?
I know nothing about Freeciv code, and I've never participated in a
proyect bigger than a small program made by me for me, but I'd be happy
to help. If you want, I could send you the sources of the editor.

Guillermo Grinblat