The Mercator and Stereographic Projections, and Many in Between
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The American Mathematical Monthly
Abstract
We consider a family of conformal (angle preserving) projections of the sphere onto the plane. The family is referred to as the Lambert conic conformal projections. Special cases include the Mercator map and the stereographic projection. The techniques only involve elementary calculus and trigonometry.Keywords
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