Re: OT Re: Constructed maps
| From: | David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 11, 2008, 20:39 |
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<<�Is there perchance some free or inexpensive software that would help?�
>>��This is going to be a rather unhelpful post, but this type
of�software would be really good--perhaps something that could�be added to
a current map-drawing software. It would take your�image, and the dimensions
of your globe, and then you would�be able to print out images of your globe
formatted to the exact�sections you needed. It seems like a computer program
would�be the best way of doing it, if it could be
done.��-David�*******************************************************************�"A
male love inevivi i'ala'i oku i ue pokulu'ume o heki a."�"No eternal reward
will forgive us now for wasting the dawn."��-Jim
Morrison��http://dedalvs.free.fr/��On Jan 11, 2008, at 11∞50 AM,
Roger Mills wrote:��> Way back on 6/21/07 in response to Rik Roots'
magnificent--�>�>>>
http://www.rikweb.co.uk/kalieda/maps/images/ewlah-new.png�>>>�> I
wrote:�>> I've tried on occasion to do similar maps by hand of my planet�>>
Cindu, but between inertia, absent or fading skills and lack of a�>> good
cartography text (with all the necessary formulae, tables�>> etc.), nothing
satisfies me. I really want to make a globe, but am�>> not sure how to go
about it.�> Well, hurrah, I've acquired an old terrestrial globe (16in.
diam.,�> no stand, but holes at N and S poles where one used to be)!!�>
suitable for playing with. I assume I'll either (1) have to paint�> over the
whole thing, somehow retaining the handy lat. and long.�> lines, then draw in
the Cindu land forms-- very challenging I�> suspect, or (2) make paper gores
(with pre-drawn land forms) to�> glue on, equally challenging I suspect. The
Zompist website has�> instructions for doing that, which I've tried, but
getting the�> curvature right is a mystery. I might try tracing outlines from
the�> existing ones???�>�> Does anyone know the geometrical qualities of
a sphere? Are there�> formulae for drawing those triangular shapes with
curved sides?�> They are all presumably arcs, but it would require a HUGE�>
compass....or are they just regular isosceles triangles (I�> doubt)?? Is
there perchance some free or inexpensive software that�> would help? I can do
a lot of trial and error, of course..... Maybe�> I should get in touch with
the geography dept. at one of the local�> colleges?�>�> Has anyone ever
tried such a project? Any suggestions or hints�> would be very welcome (reply
privately I think).�>�> Thanks, Roger�
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