[OSM-talk] The future of online map projections

[Paul Neave]

On a similar note, a gallery of mapping projections for your perusal:
http://www.galleryofmapprojections.com/

none really beat a 3D sphere though!
Paul.

On 17/10/06, Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se> wrote:
>
> First in this article about map projections...
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5413010.stm
>
> ... I found this reader comment:
>
> > It crossed my mind at the end of this article that instead of a
> > globe, you could have a sheet screen (using the same kind of
> > tech that the roll-out computer screens in development rely on)
> > that could deform in real-time. So it could start out quite
> > severely curved and showing the whole of Europe, and then as you
> > zoom in, it would flatten out until it was essentially flat at a
> > local scale. Possible in the next few years, and would certainly
> > be cool.   --Alex, Somerset
>
> And just a little later I found this:
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=410642&in_page_id=1770
>
>
>
> --
>   Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
>   Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
>
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