[Qgis-user] Projection like Google Earth?

[Alex Mandel]

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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> My aim is to make a web-based map with my data in (pseudo) 3D. For now, I’ll have to export to GoogleEarth. 
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> Have fun!
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> Joris
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>> Op 16 dec. 2015, om 18:39 heeft Paolo Craveri <pcraveri at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
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>> Hi Joris 
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>> 2015-12-16 17:11 GMT+01:00 Joris Hintjens <jorishin at gmail.com <mailto: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?
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>> AFAIK I think not, unless you use globe plugin
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>> is is a question of the right projection?
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>> Yes, azimuth orthographic projections  is a suitable projection for making ''globe''  like Google earth. 
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>> take a look at this:
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>> http://polemic.nz/2014/11/21/nz-azimuth-orthographic/ <http://polemic.nz/2014/11/21/nz-azimuth-orthographic/>
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>> I've just tried the proposed python script; It works perfectly!
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>> ciao
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>> Paolo Craveri 
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