The water maps were created by using the 3D animation tool Houdini against its landscape maps to create realistic water flow patterns as surface maps.
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The use of illumination and shadow to produce an appearance of three-dimensional space on a flat-surfaced map closely parallels the painting technique known as chiaroscuro.
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During the morning hours, the surface map revealed a rather potent low pressure system ( for late summer ) over northern Michigan, moving to the northeast.
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These spectral ranges and resolving powers are sufficient to provide surface maps of mineralogical and molecular components including carbonates, silicates, sulfates, oxides, adsorbed water and a wide range of organic compounds.
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On November 12, 2008, upon China's publication of a comprehensive lunar surface map, Ouyang encouraged all three Asian nations then involved in lunar exploration ( China, India and Japan ) to increase co-operation in furthering humanity's understanding of the Moon.
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"Portal 2 " uses advanced rendering techniques developed for " Left 4 Dead 2 " for rendering pools of liquid; " Portal 2 " combines " flowing " surface maps to mimic the motion of water with " debris flow " maps and random noise to create realistic, real-time rendering of water effects.
