# Sphere into Plane

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sphere-into-plane/2225
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 15, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sphere-into-plane/2225 "2019-07-15T17:48:53Z")
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### Author: ![Mendelina\_Lopez](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mendelina_lopez/32/1726_2.png) [@Mendelina\_Lopez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mendelina_Lopez)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sphere-into-plane/2225/1 "2019-07-15T17:48:53Z")

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Hi,

I was trying to visualize data on a sphere which is stored in a netcdf file. Is there any way to view it as a plane? So similar to a cartesian map?

Thanks for your help!!  
Mendelina

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