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Choosing a map projection
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Details
- Creator
- Miljenko Lapaine, E. Lynn Usery, editors
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9783319518350, 9783319518343, 3319518356, 3319518348
- OCLC
- ocn981765011
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Preface; Contents ; 1 Which Map Is Best?; 1.1 Foreword; 1.2 Which Map Is Best?; 1.3 Scale, Globe Maps and Flat Maps; 1.4 What Kinds of Projections for World Maps Are There?; 1.5 What Are the Kinds of Distortions?; 1.6 Cylindrical Projections; 1.7 Direction and Distance on Map Projections; 1.8 A Final Comment; 2 Choosing a World Map; 2.1 Foreword; 2.2 Flat World Maps; 2.3 Earth to Globe to Projection; 2.4 Attributes and Distortions; 2.5 Classes of Projections for World Maps; 2.5.1 Aspects of Projections; 2.6 Recognizing Distortion; 2.6.1 Distortion Cartoons; 2.6.2 A Final Note
- 3 Matching the Map Projection to the Need3.1 Foreward; 3.2 As the Earth Turns; 3.2.1 Meridians and Parallels; 3.2.2 The Earth Viewed from Different Directions; 3.2.3 Time Zones and Meridians; 3.3 Interrupting the World Map; 3.3.1 Symmetrically Interrupted Arrangements; 3.3.2 Non-symmetrically Interrupted Arrangements; 3.3.3 Summary; 3.4 Shaping the World Map; 3.4.1 Concept-Linked Outlines; 3.4.2 Missing and False Frames; 3.4.3 Summary; 3.5 Projecting the Hemisphere; 3.5.1 Hemispheres by the Dozen; 3.5.2 Centering a Hemisphere; 3.6 Centering a Map on the Point of Interest
- 3.6.1 Suiting the Projection to the Region3.6.2 Centering a World Map; 3.7 Enlarging the Heart of the Map; 3.7.1 Emphasis Using the Orthographic Projection; 3.7.2 Zooming in with Perspective Views; 3.7.3 Newer Projections that Enlarge the Center; 3.8 Viewing the Earth from Space; 3.8.1 The Direction of Viewing; 3.8.2 The Extent of Coverage; 3.9 Showing Routes for Globe Circlers; 3.9.1 Magellan's Expedition-The First Circumnavigation; 3.9.2 The Flight of Voyager; 3.9.3 Sputnik I-The First Artificial Satellite; 3.9.4 Conclusion; 3.10 Showing the Shortest Routes-Great Circles
- 3.10.1 The Azimuthal Equidistant Projection3.10.2 The Gnomonic Projection; 3.10.3 Great Circles on Cylindrical Projections; 3.11 Straightening a Rhumb; 3.11.1 The Navigator's Rhumb; 3.11.2 Plane Charts; 3.11.3 Mercator's Solution; 3.12 Measuring Directions and Distances for the Shortest Routes; 3.12.1 The Oblique Werner Projection; 3.12.2 Retroazimuthal Projections; 3.12.3 Measuring from Two Points; 3.13 Showing Ranges and Rings of Activity; 3.13.1 Ranges and Positions; 3.13.2 Rings of Activity; 4 Map Projections and the Internet; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Map Projection
- 4.2 Map Projection Use in Web Map Services4.2.1 Global-Scale Maps; 4.2.2 Web Mercator Issues and Controversies; 4.2.3 Mapping Accuracy; 4.2.4 Map Distortion; 4.2.5 Non-web Mercator Options; 4.2.6 Non-global Scale Map Projections; 4.2.7 Local- and Global-Scale Grid Systems; 4.3 Web-Based Atlases and Map Projections; 4.3.1 A Review of Web-Based Atlases and Their Map Projections; 4.3.2 Web-Based World Atlases; 4.3.3 Web-Based Specialty Thematic Atlases; 4.3.4 Web-Based Atlases of Individual Countries; 4.3.5 Summary of Map Projections and Web-Based World Atlases