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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Mapping Valentine's Day - Bonne's Projection


Happy Valentine's Day - link to Bonne's Projection.

From Wikipedia:
A Bonne projection is a pseudoconical equal-area map projection, sometimes called a dépôt de la guerre or a Sylvanus projection. Although named after Rigobert Bonne (1727–1795), the projection was in use prior to his birth, in 1511 by Sylvano, Honter in 1561, De l'Isle before 1700 and Coronelli in 1696[1].
The projection is:
x = \rho \sin E\,
y = \cot \varphi_1 - \rho \cos E\,
where
\rho = \cot \varphi_1 + \varphi_1 - \varphi\,
E = \frac {\lambda \cos \varphi} {\rho}
and φ is the latitude, λ is the longitude from the central meridian, and φ1 is the standard parallel of the projection[2].
Parallels of latitude are concentric circular arcs, and the scale is true along these arcs. On the central meridian and the standard latitude shapes are not distorted.
Special cases of the Bonne projection include the sinusoidal projection, when φ1 is zero, and the Werner projection, when φ1 is π/2. The Bonne projection can be seen as an intermediate projection in the unwinding of a Werner projection into a Sinusoidal projection; an alternative intermediate would be a Bottomley projection[3]

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Mapping Adventures - the archeological fantasy locations of Indiana Jones

I will always be an Indiana Jones fan. This movie series was one of those "cultural foundation points" that shaped my younger life. Full credits to Matt Busch for this neat project. Really impressive - this is a complication of not only movie referenced locations, but comic books, video games, the television series and even the theme park references (?!) as well.

Had to post this "best geek-out" video.