Maps and map-making; three lectures delivered under the auspices of the Royal geographical society (1910)
Reeves, Edward Ayearst, 1862-1945, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) · London, The Royal geographical society · leaf 134
re is a projection upon which great circles betweentwo points can be shown by straight lines : this is called theGnomonic Projection (Fig. 110), and is best understood bysupposing a globe enclosed in a cube, and the outlines ofthe continents and countries projected from the centre ofthe sphere on… … Pig. 111.—Mollweides Projection. For the purpose of showing the whole world on one map,an elliptical projection is often useful, of which Mollweides(Fig. Ill) is, perhaps, the best. For exhibiting the dis-tribution of any natural phenomena it is quite useful, andhas the advantage of giving equal…
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