[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Topologies and coordinates

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:54:56AM +0200, Reinier Post wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 10:02:08PM -0400, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> 
> > > At the least, the gui needs to know whether the north pole is at y=0
> > > or at x-y=K
> > 
> > Why?
> > 
> > What if a torus map chooses not to have a north pole?
> 
> The only thing that needs a north pole is the terrain generator
> (to determine the "temperature").

The "poles" are also used for wrapping at least for the current and
the discussed isometric map.

        Raimar

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