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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] Using GIS to map imaginary worlds |
| Date: |
12/01/2005 02:00:02 PM |
| From: |
Bill Thoen |
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Oh, I don't know... a discworld that rests upon four huge elephants =
standing on the back or a planet-sized turtle might be sort of an =
interesting place.
Pat Waggaman wrote:
>Boooorrrriiiing, you'd fall off the edge of somnolescence.
>
>We already have the blue marble, the gentleman can have an imaginary marbl=
e :-)
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>Pat
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>At 16:16 01-12-2005, Kevin Murphy wrote:
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>>Hello a/ALL,
>>
>>I wonder, in an imaginary world.....why not keep things FLAT ???
>>
>>-K.Murphy
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>>>>>Pat Waggaman <waggaman@marimsys.com> 12/01/05 2:07 PM >>>
>>>>> =
>>>>>
>>Manifold will deal with the creation of the
>>imaginary datum and projections - I don't think
>>that will be much of a problem. Yes, it will
>>take you the best part of a week on the startup,
>>assuming that you know a bit about GIS.
>>
>>Best part, you can do this with the software and
>>have explored *maybe* 5% of its capabilities, and
>>it costs $245.00 www.manifold.net.
>>
>>Pat
>>
>>Thos. E. Waggaman, III (Pat)
>>Director
>>Marine Imaging Systems S.A.
>>Ave Borgo=F1o 22.090
>>Caleta Higuerillas
>>Vina del Mar
>>Chile
>>
>>waggaman@marimsys.com
>>
>>North America
>>Tel: 1 800 579 3839
>>
>>Rest of world
>>Tel: +56 32 815005
>>FAX: +56 32 815243
>>http://www.marimsys.com
>>
>>At 16:52 24-11-2005, Mike Parkes wrote:
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>>>This will probably seem like a very weird request*
>>>
>>>What I am interested in doing is using GIS
>>>software to map an imaginary planet.
>>>
>>>My starting point is a number of raster images
>>>in different projections that cover parts of the
>>>planet (e.g. Robinson projection for a world
>>>map, different projection for larger-scale
>>>maps). I want to be able to integrate and
>>>overlay these images, then create vector
>>>shapefiles. I'm only concerned with surface
>>>mapping (no elevation modeling), at least for now.
>>>
>>>The imaginary world is perfectly spherical, but
>>>a different size from Earth. Hence, to
>>>georeference my images, I need a GIS program =
>>> =
>>>
>>that allows user-defined datums.
>> =
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>>>I have been investigating the GeoTiff file
>>>format, and (through the Listgeo and geotifcp
>>>utilities), it has all the machinery that I need
>>>to create an imaginary datum, a map projection
>>>and to attach the datum and projection to an
>>>image. However, I haven't been able to find a
>>>software package that can actually interpret =
>>> =
>>>
>>and make use of this information.
>> =
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>>>Any ideas? If my needs can't be met with a
>>>single program, are there a variety of tools
>>>that I could cobble together? I'm on a low
>>>budget, so I'm looking for free or inexpensive
>>>software (maximum of $200 or so).
>>>
>>>Thanks for any help!
>>>
>>>
>>>-Mike
>>>
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