From: "David Hall" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: VRML Map Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:25:32 +0100 Organization: NTL Internet News Service Lines: 13 Message-ID: <7qeeqd$g24$1@nclient7-gui.server.ntli.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.250.111.195 X-Trace: nclient7-gui.server.ntli.net 936033933 16452 212.250.111.195 (30 Aug 1999 17:25:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: postmaster@ntli.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Aug 1999 17:25:33 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!skynet.be!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!uunet!zur.uu.net!uunet!ams.uu.net!ffx.uu.net!news1-gui.server.ntli.net!news7-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!not-for-mail Does anyone know if there is a VRLM map of Middle Earth on the net?? If so, what is the URL? TIA -- ___________________________________________________________________ David Hall - Nottingham, England Email - dhall@post.com or blackadder@mail.com ###### From: Larry Richards Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: VRML Map Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:27:41 -0400 Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 21 Message-ID: <37CACD1D.D3322EDD@virginia.edu> References: <7qeeqd$g24$1@nclient7-gui.server.ntli.net> <7qelv4$3go$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-32-36.itc.virginia.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en]C-CCK-MCD compaq (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!news.tvd.be!uunet!ams.uu.net!ffx.uu.net!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU!not-for-mail Alatar wrote: > > David Hall wrote: > >Does anyone know if there is a VRLM map of Middle Earth on the net?? If so, > >what is the URL? > > > >TIA > http://home.wxs.nl/~radiant/Tolkien.htm > > Alatar I downloaded it and tried looking at it in WorldView 2.0. It did absolutely nothing. I take it, it does not support WorldView? I don't know how VRLM works, but WorldView claims to support the standard, and their gallery of stuff (from *other* peoples' web sites seems to work). -- LGR A confirmed winged balrog, Frodo speaking, Eowyn killing, pointy eared, partisan! ###### From: "Alatar" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: VRML Map Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 20:31:55 +0100 Organization: Customer of Planet Online Lines: 24 Message-ID: <7qelv4$3go$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk> References: <7qeeqd$g24$1@nclient7-gui.server.ntli.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-29.phenytoin.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: news6.svr.pol.co.uk 936041252 3608 62.136.83.157 (30 Aug 1999 19:27:32 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Aug 1999 19:27:32 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!newspost.theplanet.net!not-for-mail David Hall wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a VRLM map of Middle Earth on the net?? If so, >what is the URL? > >TIA > >-- >___________________________________________________________________ > >David Hall - Nottingham, England >Email - dhall@post.com or blackadder@mail.com http://home.wxs.nl/~radiant/Tolkien.htm Alatar Protector of the secret glen of Morangie, where the drink of gold be made. I just got lost in thought, it was unfamiliar territory. Find that Tolkien site in The Cave of Lost Scrolls: http://www.invoke.freeserve.co.uk/alatar/lostscrolls.htm ###### From: "Alatar" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: VRML Map Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:10:30 +0100 Organization: Customer of Planet Online Lines: 37 Message-ID: <7qhjkl$49n$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> References: <7qeeqd$g24$1@nclient7-gui.server.ntli.net> <7qelv4$3go$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk> <37CACD1D.D3322EDD@virginia.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-44.calcium.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: news7.svr.pol.co.uk 936137173 4407 62.136.9.172 (31 Aug 1999 22:06:13 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 Aug 1999 22:06:13 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!uunet!ams.uu.net!newsfeed1.news.nl.uu.net!sun4nl!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!newspost.theplanet.net!not-for-mail Larry Richards wrote: >Alatar wrote: >> >> David Hall wrote: >> >Does anyone know if there is a VRLM map of Middle Earth on the net?? If so, >> >what is the URL? >> > >> >TIA >> http://home.wxs.nl/~radiant/Tolkien.htm >> >> Alatar > >I downloaded it and tried looking at it in WorldView 2.0. It did >absolutely nothing. I take it, it does not support WorldView? I don't >know how VRLM works, but WorldView claims to support the standard, and >their gallery of stuff (from *other* peoples' web sites seems to work). >-- >LGR The guy who made that VRML model reccomends using the VRML viewer plugin for Internet Explorer, or the Cosmoplayer plugin for Internet Explorer and Netscape. There are more details on the download page. So far I have not been able to find any other VRML map/model of middle-earth on the internet (or anywhere else). Alatar Protector of the secret glen of Morangie, where the drink of gold be made. I just got lost in thought, it was unfamiliar territory. Find that Tolkien site in The Cave of Lost Scrolls: http://www.invoke.freeserve.co.uk/alatar/lostscrolls.htm ###### From: spamblock@see.sig (Mark Myers) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: VRML Map Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:25:13 +0100 Organization: INSnet Customer Posting Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <7qeeqd$g24$1@nclient7-gui.server.ntli.net> <7qelv4$3go$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk> <37CACD1D.D3322EDD@virginia.edu> <7qhjkl$49n$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: e0.gateway-1.route.netforce.net X-Trace: starburst.uk.insnet.net 936188693 18978 195.58.64.67 (1 Sep 1999 12:24:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@starburst.uk.insnet.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Sep 1999 12:24:53 GMT X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.10 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!insnet.net!not-for-mail Alatar wrote ... > > Larry Richards wrote: > >Alatar wrote: > >> > >> David Hall wrote: > >> >Does anyone know if there is a VRLM map of Middle Earth on the net?? If > so, > >> >what is the URL? > >> > > >> >TIA > >> http://home.wxs.nl/~radiant/Tolkien.htm > >> > >> Alatar > > > >I downloaded it and tried looking at it in WorldView 2.0. It did > >absolutely nothing. I take it, it does not support WorldView? I don't > >know how VRLM works, but WorldView claims to support the standard, and > >their gallery of stuff (from *other* peoples' web sites seems to work). > > The guy who made that VRML model reccomends using the VRML viewer plugin for > Internet Explorer, or the Cosmoplayer plugin for Internet Explorer and > Netscape. There are more details on the download page. > > So far I have not been able to find any other VRML map/model of middle-earth > on the internet (or anywhere else). > This site is not VRML. He says this explicitly in the FAQ. Nice pics though. -- Regards Mark Myers jahdzia at iname dot com ###### From: "Alatar" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: VRML Map Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 14:35:33 +0100 Organization: Customer of Planet Online Lines: 50 Message-ID: <7qj9r9$3fr$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> References: <7qeeqd$g24$1@nclient7-gui.server.ntli.net> <7qelv4$3go$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk> <37CACD1D.D3322EDD@virginia.edu> <7qhjkl$49n$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-51.penicillin.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: news7.svr.pol.co.uk 936192681 3579 62.136.83.51 (1 Sep 1999 13:31:21 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Sep 1999 13:31:21 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-kar1.dfn.de!newsfeed.nacamar.de!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!newspost.theplanet.net!not-for-mail Mark Myers wrote: >Alatar wrote ... >> >> Larry Richards wrote: >> >Alatar wrote: >> >> >> >> David Hall wrote: >> >> >Does anyone know if there is a VRLM map of Middle Earth on the net?? If >> so, >> >> >what is the URL? >> >> > >> >> >TIA >> >> http://home.wxs.nl/~radiant/Tolkien.htm >> >> >> >> Alatar >> > >> >I downloaded it and tried looking at it in WorldView 2.0. It did >> >absolutely nothing. I take it, it does not support WorldView? I don't >> >know how VRLM works, but WorldView claims to support the standard, and >> >their gallery of stuff (from *other* peoples' web sites seems to work). >> >> The guy who made that VRML model reccomends using the VRML viewer plugin for >> Internet Explorer, or the Cosmoplayer plugin for Internet Explorer and >> Netscape. There are more details on the download page. >> >> So far I have not been able to find any other VRML map/model of middle-earth >> on the internet (or anywhere else). >> > >This site is not VRML. He says this explicitly in the FAQ. Nice pics >though. Correct. The site is not VRML, but it does have a VRML map of middle-earth (which is what the original poster was looking for). The map has to be downloaded and unzipped before it can be viewed. The page with the VRML map is http://home.wxs.nl/~radiant/Vrml.htm Alatar Protector of the secret glen of Morangie, where the drink of gold be made. I just got lost in thought, it was unfamiliar territory. Find that Tolkien site in The Cave of Lost Scrolls: http://www.invoke.freeserve.co.uk/alatar/lostscrolls.htm