Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] GeoTools and astronomical maps

2007-05-21 Thread janek
Thanks for reply, I took deeper look to GeoTools and OpenJump. I decide to write my own library, mainly because there is lot of things which are not needed in astronomy. But I will adopt some parts of source code :-) Regards, Jan Kotek -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/G

Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] GeoTools and astronomical maps

2007-05-10 Thread Martin Desruisseaux
janek a écrit : > - astronomy maps have reversed west and east (west on right east on left). > Can geotools handle that? Yes as far as the "referencing" module and the legacy "j2d" renderer is concerned. Not sure about the "streaming renderer". > - in 99.9% spheric coordinates are used, even for

Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] GeoTools and astronomical maps

2007-05-10 Thread Martin Desruisseaux
janek a écrit : > 1) are GIS standarts 'hardwired'? Can I replace them with my own? Can I use > my own projections, coordinate systems... Yes you can define your own projections. Coordinate Systems may have arbitrary direction, but in the particular case of ProjectedCRS the axis directions are cur

Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] GeoTools and astronomical maps

2007-05-09 Thread janek
More specific questions: - astronomy maps have reversed west and east (west on left, east on right). Can geotools handle that? - in 99.9% spheric coordinates are used, even for calculations. How geotools represents data internally? In cartesian system or spheric coordinates? - Very common shape i