Not a solution but a related interesting way to think of it. http://cartography.oregonstate.edu/demos/AdaptiveCompositeMapProjections/
-Alex On 12/17/2015 04:30 AM, Joris Hintjens wrote: > Thanks Paolo and Alex. > > Alex: I remember now that I had installed Globe plugin, but (on my mac) it > crashes. SO I threw it away. > For now, I can see no advantage inWorldwind, compared to G.E. > > > The link Paolo send, is very interesting. I played with it and came to a > certain level of satisfaction. I realize now that, for creating a map that > you can pan and tilt around endlessly, as you can in Google earth, one would > have to adapt the projection wit every pan/tilt of the map. Maybe some day, > when I am older and wiser, I’ll find a solution in a script/plugin. > > My aim is to make a web-based map with my data in (pseudo) 3D. For now, I’ll > have to export to GoogleEarth. > > Have fun! > > Joris > > >> Op 16 dec. 2015, om 18:39 heeft Paolo Craveri <[email protected]> het >> volgende geschreven: >> >> Hi Joris >> >> 2015-12-16 17:11 GMT+01:00 Joris Hintjens <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> Is it possible to create a map like the globe in Googel earth, where the map >> is an infinite that can be turned around instead of panned? >> >> AFAIK I think not, unless you use globe plugin >> >> is is a question of the right projection? >> >> Yes, azimuth orthographic projections is a suitable projection for making >> ''globe'' like Google earth. >> >> take a look at this: >> >> http://polemic.nz/2014/11/21/nz-azimuth-orthographic/ >> <http://polemic.nz/2014/11/21/nz-azimuth-orthographic/> >> >> I've just tried the proposed python script; It works perfectly! >> >> ciao >> >> -- >> -- >> Paolo Craveri > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
