Geometry Boost List: [ggl] map to cartesian

Subject: [ggl] map to cartesian
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz)
Date: 2010-03-30 07:56:04

fausto wrote:
> Hi Barend, all,
> regarding transformations from one coordinate system to another, I can 
> see that the example below mentions Map projectons.
> http://geometrylibrary.geodan.nl/06__transformation__example_8cpp-example.html
> 
> Is there a way to transform GIS positions into simple cartesian x,y 
> positions.
> 
> If you were to draw a country loaded from a kml file or shapefile, how 
> would you proceed?

Fausto,

A quick reply to your question, if you look in the SVN repository
you will find example called p03_projmap_example.cpp [1]
It should be much more helpful as it presents solution for very
similar problem to yours.

[1] 
https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/geometry/libs/geometry/example/extensions/gis/projections/p03_projmap_example.cpp

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net