Worldmap Desktop Image
Currently I'm writing some gis applications at work. As a by-product I made a Desktop background image from a world map.
Download the large version here
projecting GIS Data on a sphere using Processing
i have used processing to access map materials from geoserver. but i have noticed that the earth is not flat and that processing is making 3d animations really easy :-)
so i have coded a rotating sphere and project the GIS data from geoserver on the surface
flat map from my last sketch
spherical map from the new sketch
accessing GIS data from Processing
I wrote a processing sketch to show how to access a wms service for showing a map. i use geoserver as a wms provider and the map shown in the screenshots is from http://thematicmapping.org/.
the map can be dragged with the mouse and zoomed with the scroll wheel
