How can I project a jpeg over a sphere?

I am trying to model a spacecraft orbiting around Jupiter, and I would like the sphere to actually look like the planet. Is there an easy way to do this?

I have seen that is possible to do it with the Earth, with something like topomap commands.

In case a jpeg is not a format directly supported by Matlab, do you recommend another way to achieve the same result, such as using an additional software package or even another program?

Thank you a lot.

Answer 1

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

You should take a look at: http://www.mathworks.se/matlabcentral/fileexchange/3777-tcolor-a-fast-pcolor-that-likes-rgb-images

If it doesn't do exactly what you want it to it should be perfectly simple to make a modified version that does exactly what you ask for.

HTH

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

You can use a surface() object as described in http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-15PCO/?solution=1-15PCO and also http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/visualize/coloring-mesh-and-surface-plots.html#f0-9250

You can also use patch() objects instead of surface() objects.