Make a globe-like azimuthal orthographic projection
Sometimes, you want to provide a globe-like view on a static GIS map. Azimuthal orthographic projections can warp a layer containing countries to represent a round globe. In this recipe, we'll present data in one of these projections, named Sphere Azimuthal Equidistant.
Getting ready
You will need the Clip to Hemisphere plugin. Use the QGIS plugin manager to install it. The plugin will appear in the Processing Toolbox. You will also need to download the following zipped shapefile and extract it to your qgis_data directory:
https://github.com/GeospatialPython/Learn/raw/master/countries.zip
How to do it...
We are going to load the countries shapefile and clip it by centering the map on Africa and ...
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