Re: Simbad data in Google Sky

From: Mark Taylor <m.b.taylor-at-bristol.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:53:36 +0100 (BST)


On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Alberto Conti wrote: 

>> (Note also that the geometric projection
>> that GoogleSky uses is worthless at the poles.)

> indeed, but this was a design compromise that had to be made. We will
> continue to push Google, and the astronomers that work at Google, to correct

my guess is that this projection is determined by the tiling scheme used by GoogleEarth/Sky and that modifying or generalising that tiling scheme this would require major efforts within the application, hence is unlikely to happen. However I may be wrong. 

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Mark Taylor   Astronomical Programmer   Physics, Bristol University, UK
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Received on 2007-09-06Z15:55:08