>
> If you poke around the net for info on projections, you may find one
> that's OK, and you can probably use it from python through the PROJ4
> library, and we can alter FloatCanvas to accommodate that, but frankly,
> that seems like a lot of work!

If the answer is no other projection methods are easily pluggable
(yet), then i'm happy with the polygon solution

> You may not need the full 360 points -- how does it look with 180? 90?
> Anyway, I'd go with that. You could make a custom DrawObject that has
> the Circle interface, and computed a polygon in lat-long points instead.
>
> Are you using Circular (or even better ellipsoidal) geometry to
> calculate your points?
>

I think I'm happy enough with 360 points; especially after this conversation

Yes I am using circular geometry, the method listed at the following
url specifically
http://williams.best.vwh.net/avform.htm#LL

thanks again for your help Chris.

-- 
Jehiah
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