[OpenLayers-Dev] Introducing myself and doubt of the possibility of using openlayers in non-earth maps

[strk]

On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 09:49:51PM +0100, David Perez-Suarez wrote:

> So, in one line, what I want is to adapt openlayers to visualize solar
> images (as we would see half-earth projected in a circle) and overlay the
> contour of the features.
> 
> I would like to know if using these images it would be possible to use a
> linear coordinate system (x,y) predefined, and at the same time being able
> to overplot a circular grid showing the solar lat-long coordinates.

You can surely use openlayers to visualize those layers (solar image
and overlays). You'd also need a server-side app for serving them.
I'd think a pure WMS service on the server-side would be enough for
your needs.

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