Re: [HACKERS] Developers globe

> >
> > What about this one:
> >
> > http://www.postgresql.org/~wieck/test.html
> >
>
> I like the dots. Perhaps larger.

Larger dots, larger image. It's 10595 bytes now.

>
> Can you do longitute/latitude with that map. Is it linear in both
> directions. Usually such linear maps look terrible because Greenland
> and Northern Canada are huge. Don't tell me you compensated for it in
> the tcl code.

The map was draw using the coordinates from xearth. So it is
long/lat based and thus I can.

It isn't linear in the x-direction. It uses a sine-function
to shrink the X down the farer it's away from 0 meridian.

Currently it isn't using the latitude to give it an ellipsian
touch. But I could modify the algorithm that converts from
xearth's x,y,z coordinates to the map's x,y.

>
> Can you use the more attractive map I am using. Your blinking dots and
> highlighted names are certainly better than my map.

That would loose the long/lat capability (except it already
has it). And it would blow up the image size again, because
for the animation at least two different gifs must be in it.

Jan

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