[Marble-devel] Coordinate System of GeoPainter, GeoDataCoordinates and similar

[marble_developer marble_developer]

I was wrong to respond in this thread yesterday. :)

I'm so sorry.

2012/5/15 Torsten Rahn <tackat at t-online.de>

> Hi Arne,
>
> On Montag, 14. Mai 2012 19:57:31 Arne Krüger wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am fairly new to Marble and wondering which coordinate system is used
> > by classes such as GeoPainter and GeoDataCoordinates and how this
> > relates to different map projections. I probably will mostly use
> > OpenStreetMap which - as far as I know - uses a Mercator-On-Sphere
> > projection just like Google and Bing. However, since my application
> > requires drawing WG84 data onto the map I wonder whether I need to
> > transform my GPS coordinates before passing them to the Marble classes.
>
> Marble just assumes coordinate data with WGS 84 datum to be used. This is
> for
> consistency with other data (such as OpenStreetMap) which is also provided
> with WGS 84.
>
> Apart from that there is no handling for other geodetic reference systems
> inside Marble.
>
> To visualize the data we provide support to display it on a Sphere
> ("Globe"),
> on a Plate Carre projection (also named "Equirectangular" in the Marble
> Source
> Code and referenced as a "Flat Map" in the UI) and for Mercator.
>
> This kind of projection handling is done automatically by Marble's classes
> such as GeoPainter or the texture mapping classes that allow to map tiled
> bitmap data onto the globe.
>
> So if you create placemarks or if you paint using GeoPainter you don't
> have to
> worry about projections.
>
> For tiled bitmap data there are basically two source projections supported:
>
> "Mercator" (as used by OpenStreetMap and Google Maps) and
> "Equirectangular/Plate Carree" (as used by other maps such as Blue Marble).
>
> There is a short tutorial here that provides more information on how to
> integrate tiled bitmap data:
>
> http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Marble/CustomMaps
>
> > PS: I would highly appreciate a link to the API documentation on the
> > main project page, since the latter has a rather prominent google search
> > ranking, which the former is sadly lacking.
>
> Yes, we should at least reference it on the Marble Techbase Page.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Torsten
>
>
>
>
>
> > Thanks for hints and clarifications.
> >
> > Arne
> >
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