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Can visualizations created for Science On a Sphere® be used on other spherical visualization systems?

April 26, 2017spherical SYSTEMS Used visualization visualizations

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Can visualizations created for Science On a Sphere® be used on other spherical visualization systems?

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Generally yes. The ECE (Equatorial Cylindrical Equidistant) projection used by SOS is commonly used by other spherical display systems such as Magic Planet and Omniglobe. Of course the converse is true, visualizations created for Ominiglobe and Magic Planet will generally work on SOS. The ECE format is also been known to work or at least convert well for display on dome based display systems (e.g. SkyScan).

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Generally yes. The ECE (Equatorial Cylindrical Equidistant) projection used by SOS is commonly used by other spherical display systems such as Magic Planet and Omniglobe. Of course the converse is true, visualizations created for Ominiglobe and Magic Planet will generally work on SOS. The ECE format has also been known to work or at least convert well for display on dome based display systems (e.g. SkyScan).