topic Projecting a Fantasy Planet! in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/projecting-a-fantasy-planet/m-p/470136#M26817 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Ok, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So as an experiment I drew out a �??world map�?� using the world mercator style for a fantasy planet. Now assuming this fantasy planet matches the earth in proportion and scale, how would I go about getting the map correctly projected into ArcGIS? The idea is to make a series of overlays, mostly showing regions of the planet, etc, and serve the data up on GeoServer. Suggestions? Is it even possible?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Known Information:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>TIF file</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Size: 52426 pixels x 26214 pixels</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Size: 3.83 GB</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>-Avo</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:59:16 GMT BradNace 2012-02-18T02:59:16Z Projecting a Fantasy Planet! https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/projecting-a-fantasy-planet/m-p/470136#M26817 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Ok, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So as an experiment I drew out a �??world map�?� using the world mercator style for a fantasy planet. Now assuming this fantasy planet matches the earth in proportion and scale, how would I go about getting the map correctly projected into ArcGIS? The idea is to make a series of overlays, mostly showing regions of the planet, etc, and serve the data up on GeoServer. Suggestions? Is it even possible?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Known Information:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>TIF file</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Size: 52426 pixels x 26214 pixels</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Size: 3.83 GB</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>-Avo</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:59:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/projecting-a-fantasy-planet/m-p/470136#M26817 BradNace 2012-02-18T02:59:16Z Re: Projecting a Fantasy Planet! https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/projecting-a-fantasy-planet/m-p/470137#M26818 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Just georeference your TIFF over a world map in the same projection and define the tiff projection after rectifying.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:48:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/projecting-a-fantasy-planet/m-p/470137#M26818 AnthonyTimpson2 2012-02-22T16:48:53Z Re: Projecting a Fantasy Planet! https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/projecting-a-fantasy-planet/m-p/470138#M26819 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>:confused: Ok. I was making that was too complex and difficult. Thanks for the help, that worked!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:00:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/projecting-a-fantasy-planet/m-p/470138#M26819 BradNace 2012-02-22T19:00:19Z