And they can't drill for oil or gas in Antarctica! (at least yet)
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Seaman [mailto:seaman-at-noao.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:25 AM
To: Jonathan Fay
Cc: interop-at-ivoa.net
Subject: Re: WWT & VO (was NG of GS & BO standards for JPEG with WCS)
Hi Jonathan,
> Shoehorning full sky astronomy data into the wrong projection leads
> to some very bad consequences, like major issues near the poles. [...]
>
> We need to provide the input to the standards committees to make
> sure that future updates to standards incorporate astronomy's unique
> requirements.
Presumably our requirements are only unique because the GIS community doesn't have to worry about large population centers near the poles :-)
Rob Received on 2008-01-18Z20:30:35