[mapserver-users] Projecting like a sphere

[Roberto Micarelli]

On Tuesday 06 August 2002 21:15, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> That would be cool. If I am not mistaken, unlike a normal planar
> projection, you will implement panning not by altering the extents of
> the map, but by altering the origin of the projection. Fancy schmantzy.
>
It's a ortographic projection with wrap-around capability. Is Mapserver able 
to do this? Wrap-around can apply to other projections too. It should be as
always dividing longitude by 360.0 before to project it and be aware that
west edge should be greater than east.