On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:41 AM, Dane Springmeyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chris, > > It would be helpful to explain what you've tried already. Mapnik supports > proj4 and proj4 understands quite a few projections. I'm no expert in > equirectangular projections but > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection states that this > is basically a term for the well know set of lon/lat based geographic > coordinate systems. > > So, can you try simply changing your Mapnik Map `srs` value to EPSG:4326 > or a specific Equidistant cylindrical projection like > http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/3786/ > > The specific Mapnik Map XML syntax can be found by following the link for > "Mapnik XML" like: > > http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/3786/mapnik/ > I don't think Chris' problem is setting the appropriate projection in Mapnik. What he needs is a way to distort the elements on the map (like text) such that if the map is used as a bitmap texture for a spherical 3D model, the map elements don't look distorted.
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