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Geometric projection of csv file?
Greeting, I am in the process of building a fantasy map with my Pathfinder GM. I am a GIS technician and I am really stubborn about realism. I just cant seem to find a projection that can flatten out the csv file that is exported from the project. Perhaps this a preexisting solved problem? Things ive tried -qgis import -plotting in R -importing to google earth-> ( this projected onto the 3d globe just fine.)
What I would like is to be able to plot the points on a flat projection. What I would need to know is what the current projection is so that I might be able to transform it into a raster that I can use.
Thanks in advance
If you just want a raster, is there any reason you aren't just putting it in texture view mode (at the top of the view menu), selecting the view type you want (Topo, height, etc) and using the screenshot option (not windows screenshot, I mean the screenshot option in the file menu)? That exports a png of a flattened map.
Ostensibly this will be in Equirectangular projection, but you need to tweak the proportions to be correct in an image editor, as it is unlikely your window is a nice 2:1 aspect.
Repeat for each view type you want. I typically screenshot plates, topo, height, air temp, air pressure, crust thickness/density/age, satellite to have a nice set of info about the world.
It'd be nice to have the option to export a png at a particular pixel height & width rather than just a screenshot at whatever resolution and size your window is.
What I would like is to be able to plot the points on a flat projection. What I would need to know is what the current projection is so that I might be able to transform it into a raster that I can use.
@TheNewParad1gm 's right, it's equirectangular, just scaled to whatever the dimensions of the screen are.
It'd be nice to have the option to export a png at a particular pixel height & width rather than just a screenshot at whatever resolution and size your window is.
I'll keep that in mind for when I get back to UI work.
That'd be sweet. One reason for this is that (using Chrome at least) a number of times I've been exporting various views and accidentally changed my window size. Not a huge issue as I can rescale, but a bit of a pain. I also realised that after saving the first one, the download bar appearing at the bottom with my browser window made the rest o the images smaller :-D I have to remember to close it after each save to export the same size image.
Speaking of qgis, is there a way to visualize the exported csv data as a 3D model, be it a plane or a globe?
