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Re: twisted map
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Mon, 3 Jun 2002 17:19:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
Found this while looking for new LUG map graphics last night..

  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia01/world_sm01.jpg

I'd never seen a projection like this before. Anyone know about them?
This one's from the CIA.

Uh oh, it's happening again... [mesmerized] can't.. stop.. staring at
it.. must.. print out.. for office wall.

looks like "Oblique Mercator" from:

  http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/MapProjections/projections.html

but only kinda-sorta...

Dan



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  Re: twisted map
 
(...) It's a transverse projection, probably at 45º of rotation--it looks like a Lambert, but without access to my Bugayevsky and Snyder [1] I couldn't tell you what the exact variation is called. There are so many names for so many slight (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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Found this while looking for new LUG map graphics last night.. (URL) never seen a projection like this before. Anyone know about them? This one's from the CIA. Uh oh, it's happening again... [mesmerized] can't.. stop.. staring at it.. must.. print (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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