Re: 3D map appearance in a computer game

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From: Jonathan P. Gibbons
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 12:55

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Torben said that the elite people had patented that layout?!$  ie the grid with
lines attached.  This idea seems remarkably simple and obvious to stand as a 
patent.  Also they definately weren't the first to come up with it - I have a 
national geographic star chart which uses a cylinder instead of a grid.  
Again the stars connect via straight lines to the end of the cylinder - 
shown in perspective.  The star chart came out before elite ....

Still patent law is beyond me so maybe they could enforce that they were the
first to invent 3d perspective etc etc

Jonathan


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From: jpg@bnr.co.uk (Jonathan P. Gibbons)
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Subject: Re: 3D map appearance in a computer game
Date: 13 Nov 92 12:55:41
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