On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 15:40, kfj <[email protected]> wrote:

> http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/docs/worldwidetelescopeprojectionreference.html#TOASTProjection
>
> I wonder if this wouln't be a cool projection for a panorama? It has
> some enticing properties, like representing the whole spherical
> surface without anyplace being particularly badly distorted - and I
> like it being square as well ;-)

A much better projection is the Peirce Quincuncial. It is also square,
but is almost everywhere conformal.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2&w=51035756831%40N01&q=peirce&m=text

Cheers,

Seb

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