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Why aren't 3D Globes used as the basis of GIS systems?
Maps have been around for thousands of years and have been widely accepted as the means of representing spatial information. We all know about several map projections,each with their merits and ...
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High Resolution Sinusoidal Interrupted Projection of the Earth
My grandfather built a rather large globe 10 years ago and never got to complete it (he started drawing about a fifth of it by hand and just gave up after that).
I have been looking for a sinusoidal ...
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A globe without borders [closed]
I would very much like to purchase a globe that has no political borders. I don't want the continents all diced up into countries and I certainly don't want any names or labels: just the geography of ...
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QGIS Globe UnsupportedOperationException
My QGIS Globe is not working: After starting it, that massage pops up in a endless loop:
UnsupportedOperationException: GeometryGraph::add(Geometry &): unknown
geometry type: ...
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How much Water on Earth(USGS) : A Wrong Map representation?
I happened to read a USGS article, How much water is there on, in, and above the Earth? showing a representation of all the water(which includes water from Oceans, Seas,Bays,Ice caps, Glaciers, ...
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What projections should I use to make my own Globe?
Searching for an answer to this question, I found instructions posted by Gulf of Maine Research Institute showing how to create a globe.
Using manual methods ...
What approach would I take to ...
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Where can I find a high quality real globe of a decent size without axis?
I'm trying to find a physical globe of a high map quality that doesn't have any axis or bearings as the axis mounted on standard desk globes completely obscures the arctic regions.
High-quality map ...
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List of Virtual Globes
I kept a listing of virtual globes in 2005 and 2006, but it's now woefully out of date http://geography2.blogspot.com/2005/11/listing-of-virtual-globes.html. Today, the main four seem to be: Google ...
