[Qgis-user] Projection like Google Earth?

[Paolo Craveri]

Hi Joris

2015-12-16 17:11 GMT+01:00 Joris Hintjens <jorishin at gmail.com>:

> 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/

I've just tried the proposed python script; It works perfectly!

ciao

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Paolo Craveri
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