won't this require a projection of the sphere onto a cube, or a icosahedron, or dodecahedron, or whatever?
that will be a relatively simple task for the computer -- a harder part will be relocating the boundaries of text strings so that they don't get trapped in a corner (not a problem on spherical) lurking molecule bert William Hamblen wrote: > shurik0001 wrote: > > > the way most of the star atlas maps are designed that I came across on > > the net do assemble into one continues map if you print them seprately > > does anyone know how to overcome this ?? > > Do you want both hemispheres (360 degrees) or just what is above the > horizon at a given date and time (180 degrees) like the monthly sky > charts in Sky and Telescope? Cartes du Ciel will make a chart showing a > complete horizon view, but the detail is limited to what will show on a > computer screen at once. For a poster size map you might need to plot > it by hand. I think the maps in Sky and Telescope are stereographic > projections, which make a good looking chart with less distortion at the > horizon than some other projections. > > One possibility is to find a program that will plot a detailed all-sky > chart (I don't know which one) and output it to a .pdf file. The > current Adobe Reader will let you print enlarged sections of a .pdf file > that you can paste together to make a poster. > > Bud > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
