Differential Cartography

Abstract

The various properties of conformal projections of a sphere and a surface of revolution are derived by using the notions of differential cartography. It is shown that familiar properties of the Mercator projection may be carried over from a sphere to an arbitrary surface of revolution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 13, 1992
Accession Number
ADA257772

Entities

People

  • J. D. Zund

Organizations

  • New Mexico State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Analytic Functions
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Cartography
  • Complex Variables
  • Contracts
  • Differential Geometry
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Latitude
  • New Mexico
  • Numbers
  • Real Numbers
  • Revolutions
  • Technical Information Centers

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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