A new companion for Mercator
| Autor: | Waldo R. Tobler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
05 social sciences
Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography Geometry 02 engineering and technology Sinusoidal projection Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system Miller cylindrical projection law.invention Goode homolosine projection Geography law Management of Technology and Innovation Cassini projection Transverse Mercator projection Mercator projection Map projection 050703 geography 021101 geological & geomatics engineering Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 45:284-285 |
| ISSN: | 1545-0465 1523-0406 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15230406.2017.1308837 |
| Popis: | The inappropriate use of the Mercator projection has declined but still occasionally occurs. One method of contrasting the Mercator projection is to present an alternative in the form of an equal area projection. The map projection derived here is thus not simply a pretty Christmas tree ornament: it is instead a complement to Mercator’s conformal navigation anamorphose and can be displayed as an alternative. The equations for the new map projection preserve the latitudinal stretching of the Mercator while adjusting the longitudinal spacing. This allows placement of the new map adjacent to that of Mercator. The surface area, while drastically warped, maintains the correct magnitude. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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