3d scan of imperfect globe to a 2d Equirectangular Projection

[johnvanvliet]

if the 3d sphere looks good in Meshlab then it will look good in Blender
now the xyz rotation might be off but the is easy to fix


then exporting a equirectangular projection is also rather easy

so first when you view it in blender dose it look fine or all mixed up ?

if it looks fine then all you need to do is "bake" the texture to a second sphere that is UV mapped to a sphere and not UV islands