Re: [gdal-dev] Creative project for parade float: seeking a good projection to match beach ball print template

2013-10-21 Thread Christopher Stevens
"Sinusoidal Interrupted" may be the appropriate name of the projection I'm looking for. So far I'm finding examples of twelve and nine segment maps, but not eight segments at 45 degrees each so far... Thanks again, Chris ___ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-d

[gdal-dev] Creative project for parade float: seeking a good projection to match beach ball print template

2013-10-21 Thread Christopher Stevens
Hello GDAL Gurus, I know this request is different, but I send many thanks in advance for taking a look. My non-profit organization is creating a small parade float containing several planets (beach balls), printed by a company asking to fit artwork in a template that looks like this: http://www.

Re: [gdal-dev] Understanding gdal_rasterize

2013-10-21 Thread Hermann Peifer
On 2013-10-21 14:46, Paul Meems wrote: I'm trying to understand how gdal_rasterize works. As a test I'm trying to convert a shapefile with all counties of the USA to a GeoTiff. I've added a field to the shapefile called myID which is equal to the shape number. The goal is to create a tiff with ea

[gdal-dev] Understanding gdal_rasterize

2013-10-21 Thread Paul Meems
I'm trying to understand how gdal_rasterize works. As a test I'm trying to convert a shapefile with all counties of the USA to a GeoTiff. I've added a field to the shapefile called myID which is equal to the shape number. The goal is to create a tiff with each county its own value. This is my comm