Understanding Map Projections
Understanding Map Projections
Understanding Map Projections
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Index<br />
A<br />
Abridged Molodensky method<br />
26<br />
Aitoff 34<br />
Alaska Grid 35<br />
Alaska Series E 36<br />
Albers 37<br />
Angular parameters<br />
azimuth 20<br />
central meridian 20<br />
central parallel 20<br />
defined 20<br />
latitude of center 20<br />
latitude of first point 20<br />
latitude of origin 20<br />
latitude of second point 20<br />
longitude of center 20<br />
longitude of first point 20<br />
longitude of origin 20<br />
longitude of second point 20<br />
standard parallel 1 20<br />
standard parallel 2 20<br />
Angular units 101<br />
Azimuth 20, 101<br />
Azimuthal Equidistant 38<br />
Azimuthal projections<br />
defined 12, 101<br />
Double Stereographic 46<br />
equidistant 38<br />
Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area<br />
65<br />
Orthographic 74<br />
Perspective 75<br />
Polar Stereographic 77<br />
Stereographic 95<br />
Universal Polar Stereographic<br />
92<br />
B<br />
Behrmann 39<br />
Bipolar Oblique 40<br />
Bonne 41<br />
Bursa–Wolf method 25<br />
C<br />
Cassini–Soldner 42<br />
Central meridian 14, 20, 101<br />
Central parallel 20<br />
Chamberlin Trimetric 43<br />
Circle 101<br />
Clarke 1866 spheroid 5<br />
Conformal projections<br />
Bipolar Oblique 40<br />
defined 12, 101<br />
Double Stereographic 46<br />
Gauss–Krüger 57, 102<br />
Hotine 63<br />
Krovak 64<br />
Lambert Conformal Conic 66<br />
Mercator 70<br />
Stereographic 87<br />
Transverse Mercator 89<br />
UTM 105<br />
Conic projections<br />
Albers 37<br />
Bipolar Oblique 40<br />
defined 14, 101<br />
Equidistant Conic 53<br />
Krovak 64<br />
Lambert Conformal Conic 66<br />
Polyconic 78<br />
Simple Conic 82<br />
Coordinate Frame method 25<br />
Coordinate systems<br />
geographic 102<br />
projected 104<br />
spherical 104<br />
Coordinates<br />
in different datums 6<br />
Craster Parabolic 44<br />
Cylindrical Equal Area 45<br />
Cylindrical projections<br />
Behrmann 39<br />
Cassini–Soldner 42<br />
Cylindrical Equal Area 45<br />
defined 16, 101<br />
Equidistant Cylindrical 54<br />
Equirectangular 55<br />
Gall’s Stereographic 56<br />
Gauss–Krüger 57, 102<br />
Hotine 63<br />
Cylindrical projections<br />
(continued)<br />
Mercator 70<br />
Miller 71<br />
Plate Carrée 76<br />
Transverse Mercator 89<br />
UTM 105<br />
D<br />
Datum transformations. See<br />
Geographic<br />
transformations<br />
defined 101<br />
Datums<br />
coordinatees in different 6<br />
defined 101<br />
definition 6<br />
earth-centered 6<br />
local 6<br />
NAD 1927 103<br />
NAD 1983 103<br />
origin point 6<br />
transforming 24<br />
versus geographic coordinate<br />
systems 2<br />
WGS 1984 105<br />
Degrees 2<br />
Degrees-minutes-seconds 2<br />
Developable surfaces 13<br />
Distortions<br />
and map projections 11<br />
DMS. See Degrees-minutesseconds<br />
Double Stereographic 46<br />
E<br />
Earth<br />
as a sphere 4<br />
as a spheroid 4<br />
Earth-centered datums 6<br />
Eccentricity 101<br />
Eckert I 47<br />
Eckert II 48<br />
Eckert III 49<br />
Eckert IV 50<br />
Eckert V 51
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