On 22/03/2012 8:07 AM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Le 18/03/2012 01:50, nemesis a écrit :
>> >  Em 17/03/2012 20:18, Tim Cook escreveu:
>>> >>  Not completely off-topic, since it could be used as render-fodder.
>>> >>
>>> >>  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA15482
>> >
>> >  a 300MB image, woah.:)
>> >
> They use equirectangular projection to map the sphere on a rectangle.

Drat! I cannot get onto the jpl.nasa site but I did manage to find it on 
the nasa site at a lower resolution.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/multimedia/pia15482.html
Also a Mollweide projection (I think)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/multimedia/pia15481.html
And an annotated one.
http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_images/WISE2012-003-A-annotated.jpg


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Regards
     Stephen

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