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    Azimuthal equidistant projection maps The azimuthal equidistant projection is an azimuthal map projection. It has the useful properties that all points...
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    Projection". MathWorld. Weisstein, Eric W. "Azimuthal Equidistant Projection". MathWorld. Weisstein, Eric W. "Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection"...
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    "azimuthal", the projection is also known as the Lambert zenithal equal-area projection. The Lambert azimuthal projection is used as a map projection in...
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    coloured white; it is a depiction of the world map in the azimuthal equidistant projection (centred on the North Pole and the International Date Line)...
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    much simpler azimuthal equidistant projection. In this two-point form, two locus points are chosen by the mapmaker to configure the projection. Distances...
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  • complex curves, and parallels as circular arcs. Azimuthal In standard presentation, azimuthal projections map meridians as straight lines and parallels...
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    Angular displacement Angzarr (⍼) Azimuthal quantum number Azimuthal equidistant projection Azimuth recording Bearing (navigation) Clock position Course (navigation)...
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    Aitoff projection is a modified azimuthal map projection proposed by David A. Aitoff in 1889. Based on the equatorial form of the azimuthal equidistant projection...
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    82°S and 82°N) Mollweide projection B.J.S. Cahill Butterfly Map, 1909, from 1919 pamphlet Polar azimuthal equidistant projection A south-up map Pacific-centric...
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    this projection and compare this to the real Orion, we can clearly see this distortion. One notable planisphere using azimuthal equidistant projection addresses...
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    Tissot's indicatrix (category Map projections)
    projection with Tissot's indicatrices The azimuthal equidistant projection with Tissot's indicatrices The Fuller projection with Tissot's indicatrices Goldberg...
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    stereographic projection, also known as the planisphere projection or the azimuthal conformal projection, is a conformal map projection whose use dates...
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    The equidistant conic projection is a conic map projection commonly used for maps of small countries as well as for larger regions such as the continental...
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    projection, Hammer suggested the use of the equatorial form of the Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection instead of Aitoff's use of the azimuthal equidistant...
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  • Thumbnail for Winkel tripel projection
    The Winkel tripel projection (Winkel III), a modified azimuthal map projection of the world, is one of three projections proposed by German cartographer...
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    Stackhouse, Paul W.; MacPherson, Bradley; Mikovitz, J. Colleen (2021). "A solar azimuth formula that renders circumstantial treatment unnecessary without compromising...
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    some projections that preserve area: Azimuthal Lambert azimuthal equal-area Wiechel (pseudoazimuthal) Conic Albers Lambert equal-area conic projection Pseudoconical...
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  • Thumbnail for Gnomonic projection
    image plane represents a portion of the hemisphere. The gnomonic projection is azimuthal (radially symmetric). No shape distortion occurs at the center...
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  • geographic feature (e.g. The flag of the United Nations includes an azimuthal equidistant projection of the earth). Flags having a truly different designs on both...
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  • stereographic projection with an adjustment by a polynomial on complex numbers.) Littrow projection (conformal retro-azimuthal projection) Lagrange projection (a...
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  • Thumbnail for Nicolosi globular projection
    globular projection closely resembles a hemisphere shown with the azimuthal equidistant projection centered on the same point. In both projections of that...
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    The equirectangular projection (also called the equidistant cylindrical projection or la carte parallélogrammatique projection), and which includes the...
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    The azimuthal equidistant projection has been co-opted as a representation of a flat Earth....
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    equirectangular projection or cylindrical equidistant projection. Abu Rayhan Biruni (976–1048) first described a polar equi-azimuthal equidistant projection of the...
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    The Dymaxion map projection, also called the Fuller projection, is a kind of polyhedral map projection of the Earth's surface onto the unfolded net of...
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  • white emblem on the sky blue background. The emblem depicts a azimuthal equidistant projection of the world map, centred on the North Pole, with the globe...
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    stretched vertically. This projection is not equidistant. List of map projections "Behrmann: Compare Map Projections". map-projections.net. Retrieved 2024-01-19...
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  • azimuthal equal-area projection instead of Aitoff's use of the azimuthal equidistant projection: x = 2 laea x ⁡ ( λ 4 , φ ) y = 1 2 laea y ⁡ ( λ 4 , φ ) {\displaystyle...
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    he describes a polar equi-azimuthal equidistant projection of the celestial sphere.: 153  However, this type of projection had been used in ancient Egyptian...
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    involved. List of map projections Albers projection Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection Spatial reference system...
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