Re: [IRCA] World is not flat

["Chuck Hutton" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

I think that only an azimuthal equidistant projection (and therefore
centered on only one location) would give straight lines to any reporter's
location. Polar - per se - wouldn't do the trick.

So maybe Jim took a reasonable guess as to that location, did an az equi and
any resulting errors are minimal. Dunno. I'm just taking an educated guess.


Chuck

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Gil Stacy
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 1:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] World is not flat

Glenn,
Come to think of it, polar projection may only give straight lines for one
point of origin, and not all points on the map.
Gil NN4CW
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