On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 10:22:18PM -0600, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > So, could the "Lambert Conformal Conic" be the projection I am looking for ? > > > > Any help or pointers are appreciated. > > You might be thinking too hard about this.
Yeah, I guess. But then, I'm too often a perfectionist ;-) > $x = $w/2 + ($lon - $center_lon) * $deg_to_nm * $scale * $xfact; > $y = $h/2 - ($lat - $center_lat) * $deg_to_nm * $scale; > > ($x, $y) is the coordinates (in screen space) where you should draw > the object. > > This is known to work pretty well over a local area (assuming my > typing is correct, I didn't overlook something, and you can get past > the pseudo-perl syntax.) :-) Thanks, this will at least for the testing phase a good start. I have been thinking about something like this, but the ironing out the formulas above ... I just didon't how to put it all together. perl's no problem. I've did quite a bit of perl hacking some time ago. Thanks again, Manuel _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
