Map Projections--A Working Manual¶
Snyder, J. P. (1987). Map Projections--A Working Manual: A Working Manual. Professional Paper.
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- Manifold
- In geography and cartography the Earth's surface is a two-dimensional manifold, locally flat for a surveyor and globally curved for a navigator, and the atlas — locally flat maps glued by transition formulae — is the cartographic instance of the mathematical concept, sharing even the same word.
This sourceTreats the Earth's curved surface mapped to flat charts via projections, each locally faithful but globally distorted -- the cartographic instance of locally flat maps glued by transition formulae.
- In geography and cartography the Earth's surface is a two-dimensional manifold, locally flat for a surveyor and globally curved for a navigator, and the atlas — locally flat maps glued by transition formulae — is the cartographic instance of the mathematical concept, sharing even the same word.
- Projection
- In cartography a spherical Earth maps to a flat plane via a chosen projection, every projection preserving some properties (angle, area, shape) and necessarily distorting others, so the choice of projection is the choice of what to lose.
This sourceStandard reference showing every map projection preserves some properties (angle, area, shape) while necessarily distorting others.
- In cartography a spherical Earth maps to a flat plane via a chosen projection, every projection preserving some properties (angle, area, shape) and necessarily distorting others, so the choice of projection is the choice of what to lose.
- Topographic Map
- In cartography, map projections trade preservation of area, angle, and neighbourhood, and the Mercator projection has non-uniform magnification by latitude.
This sourceAuthoritative treatment of map projections and the area/angle/distance trade-offs, including Mercator's latitude-dependent magnification.
- In cartography, map projections trade preservation of area, angle, and neighbourhood, and the Mercator projection has non-uniform magnification by latitude.
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