This archive should contain 2 files:
		GLOBE.GRP   271,436 bytes	the Imagine Group file
		GLOBE.TXT 	  				(this text file)
	
	
	This model was constructed from scratch, by me, and I have all the
original working files to prove it! So don't worry about commercial
copyrights, get rendering!  I recently purcha$ed a commercial
earth model, and while it is a *bit* more accurate, I was pleased to see
how close I came with my model, which was done in 1992!

	USAGE NOTES:
	
	This model is NOT public domain! It and this text file ARE
				copyright 1994 Fire Mist Media.
	
	I think I did a pretty good job with this one, so if you make some $$$
off an animation with it, admit to yourself that you saved either a lot of
time or money (or both), and cough up the shareware bucks.  Say US $40.00 ?
That's  a lot less than $400.00!  Come to think of it, it's a lot less than
$200.00. Send what you can.  If it's for personal, non-profit, or fun, just
go ahead and use it (a screen credit would be appreciated, if applicable).
Who knows, I might be so appreciative I send you some other goodies.

	The objects:  The file is called GLOBE.GRP because it is a group of
3 objects: The continents, the "water", and the "sides" of the continents in
case you want that extruded look.  As you have received it, the objects are
scaled to show a very thin edge around the continents.  The base spherical 
size is 200.0 Imagine units.  You'll notice that the land sides and the 
waterSphere are scaled a bit smaller.  Want more of an "edge" to the
continents? Scale down the waterSphere a bit.  Want no "edge"? Delete
that object and enlarge the sphere slightly.  Not too much, or the underlying
waterSphere will start to poke thru the land in spots.  Just do a few tests.
	The attributes supplied are very plain.  Green land, blue water.  Since
the parts are separate, it should be easy to add a little ice to Antarctica,
maybe some desert noise in the arid regions, change the water to silver,
whatever.  You might want to try a render with the objects as they are, just
to see what it looks like in the "base" configuration.


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	media cost) in the original archive form, including this text file.
	
	
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	Fire Mist Media
	Dept. of Sleepless Nights
	14 Merwood Drive
	Upper Darby PA 19082
	USA
	
	
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