WWT & VO (was NG of GS & BO standards for JPEG with WCS)

[Jonathan Fay]

And they can't drill for oil or gas in Antarctica! (at least yet)

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Seaman [mailto:seaman at noao.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:25 AM
To: Jonathan Fay
Cc: interop at ivoa.net
Subject: Re: WWT & VO (was NG of GS & BO standards for JPEG with WCS)

Hi Jonathan,

> Shoehorning full sky astronomy data into the wrong projection leads
> to some very bad consequences, like major issues near the poles. [...]
>
> We need to provide the input to the standards committees to make
> sure that future updates to standards incorporate astronomy's unique
> requirements.

Presumably our requirements are only unique because the GIS community
doesn't have to worry about large population centers near the poles :-)

Rob