#mapprojection — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mapprojection, aggregated by home.social.
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Example Of Maps Used Well In A Media Article About Greenland
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https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GREENLAND-ELECTION/MAPS/zjvqaeledvx/ <-- shared media article
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[this post is NOT about geopolitics, rather the excellent use of multiple maps to illustrate the story / situation… so no text from the article itself...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #media #reuters #greenland #projection #visualisation #education #presentation #NorthwestPassage #NorthernSeaRoute #ice #climatechange #seaice #thaw #melting #navigation #routing #shipping #transportation #geopolitics #strategic #military #NORAD #monitoring #naturalresources #mineral #oilandgas #rareearth #indigeneous #FirstNation #size #population #area #mapprojection #marine #glacier #ocean -
A New Coordinate System for Constructing Spherical Grid Systems
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https://doi.org/10.3390/app10020655 <-- shared paper
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[the math is way above my skills, but a fascinating paper regardless]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialgrids #spherical #framework #sphericalframework #areacoordinates #spatialdata #coordinate #coordinatesystem #projection #mapprojection #singularity #mapprojection #gridsystems #cartography #grid #mapgrid #geodesy #geodetic