File:Mercator and straightened rhumb.svg
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DescriptionMercator and straightened rhumb.svg |
English: A rhumb line at 45 degrees to meridians is transferred from sphere to the the plane chart (equirectangular projection). The parallels are adjusted upwards to give a straight line as for the Mercator projection. |
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Source | Own work |
Author | Peter Mercator |
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current | 10:27, 3 August 2010 | 944 × 456 (124 KB) | Peter Mercator (talk | contribs) | Re-assemble components in new file. | |
10:06, 3 August 2010 | 1,055 × 567 (112 KB) | Peter Mercator (talk | contribs) | whoops. | ||
10:03, 3 August 2010 | 744 × 1,052 (2 KB) | Peter Mercator (talk | contribs) | dis-assembled and objects transferred to new svg file. | ||
09:35, 3 August 2010 | 1,238 × 520 (71 KB) | Peter Mercator (talk | contribs) | further test | ||
09:17, 3 August 2010 | 1,238 × 520 (94 KB) | Peter Mercator (talk | contribs) | Further tests | ||
09:10, 3 August 2010 | 939 × 461 (92 KB) | Peter Mercator (talk | contribs) | Further tests | ||
08:55, 3 August 2010 | 939 × 461 (91 KB) | Peter Mercator (talk | contribs) | Try again. | ||
08:50, 3 August 2010 | 977 × 471 (92 KB) | Peter Mercator (talk | contribs) | Convert textsome text to path | ||
19:17, 30 July 2010 | 977 × 471 (76 KB) | Peter Mercator (talk | contribs) | Add clear line to right of text. | ||
19:12, 30 July 2010 | 954 × 461 (76 KB) | Peter Mercator (talk | contribs) | So it's not a font problem! |
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