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Accidental map projections II

12 November 2009 tagged indiemapper, math, projections with 3 comments

By accidental I of course mean deliberate. Same deal as before. Tweak a map projection formula a bit, and the results can be interesting. Made with indiemapper. We’ll probably return the map projection code to normal before it’s released.

Accidental map projections

7 May 2009 tagged math, projections with 10 comments

Oops, this isn’t what an azimuthal equidistant map projection is supposed to look like. I’ve been working (occasionally fighting) with map projections a lot recently, pumping latitude and longitude coordinates through equations that mathemagically shape the world. Occasionally a small error in a projection equation results in an incorrect but fascinating map. So why not […]