Strebe

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Hi I would like to use your world map projections in this book: http://www.tandf.net/books/details/9781138922976/ Is this possible? SSJJPP

Certainly. Feel free to send me an e-mail using the “Email this user” link at the bottom of this page. Strebe (talk) 02:00, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Maps

Hello, I noticed your nice maps (projections). I'm myself writing down some GIS cartographic tutorials, and I'm interested to know :

• where to download this 'skin', is it a GIS file ?
• which software do you use ?
• have you some specific understanding of geographic projections ? (I'm myself looking for a good projection for Mainland China)

Cheer, Yug (talk) 20:28, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Apologies for missing your posting. I use Geocart for my maps. The base image comes with the software. I wrote Geocart, so I know quite a bit about map projections. What kind of map do you need to make of China? Strebe (talk) 05:53, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

File:HEALPix projection SW.jpg

I can't agree with your comment "Not a line drawing; subject is photographic data; does not contain significant compression artifacts." about File:HEALPix projection SW.jpg. Technically, it does contain line drawing, and is not really photographic data. However, the main problem is not the classification, :-) but the fact that while the original indeed does not contain significant compression artifacts, the thumbnailed images do show quite noticeable ringing artifacts (they are well seen in the illustration to en:HEALPix). Could you please recreate and upload a PNG version, if SVG is impossible? (And, after all, this "Blue Marble summer month composite" has nothing to do with the projection, so why not to take something general from Category:Blank SVG maps of the world and make a pure SVG? I think, it could be much cleaner and more usable.) — Mikhail Ryazanov (talk) 03:16, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. The ringing is from the downsampling applied by Wikimedia to create the thumbnail. The same thing would happen with a PNG of the same size. The data is indeed photographic—or at least, contains the same order of complexity of photographic data across the land areas: It’s NASA Blue World satellite imagery. A PNG would be much larger in file size to no benefit, so I do not understand why you prefer PNG. The reason for using the image is because it is used uniformly across the Wikipedia pages that display map projections. It is an informative image, and using the same image makes comparison much easier. I have no software for creating SVGs, so that is not a project I can work on. I can produce PDFs, including line art for those, but PDF is not a format supported by Wikimedia Commons. Strebe (talk) 06:09, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

I have converted the image to PNG to show you that PNGs do not suffer from ringing artifacts (check it in the article). The file size after direct conversion was ~3 times larger than of JPEG, partially due to JPEG compression artifacts; if created directly it would be probably only about twice larger (it is not "much", in my opinion :-) ). If you can produce PDF with vector grid, it can be easily converted to SVG by, for example, Inkscape. (In principle, Commons allow PDF upload, but for some reason it renders in JPEG only.) If you don't want to bother with conversions, could you please upload one PDF as an example, so that I can try to convert it to SVG? — Mikhail Ryazanov (talk) 07:26, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

You are correct; the PNG and JPG downsample differently. It’s odd that Wikimedia Commons uses different window functions for PNG vs. JPG downsampling. Clearly the PNG file is “softer”, and while I do prefer the look of the PNG downsampling, the JPG downsampling preserves more detail. Anyway, I can create a PDF image easily enough when I get time. Strebe (talk) 04:56, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

SVG version here. Strebe (talk) 03:27, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Great! :-) I've experimented with it a little bit and found that black grid is much more contrast over snow and sand (and has approximately the same contrast everywhere else as the original light-gray), plus it's more consistent with the boundary color (which is a part of the grid). What do you think? (The recolored version is uploaded over your file, you can revert it after comparison...) — Mikhail Ryazanov (talk) 08:51, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments. I prefer the original color scheme. The thumbnail image in the article looks better with the black graticule as per your modification, but in the full-scale image, the graticule overwhelms everything. I do not think the outer boundary’s line color and weight need to match the graticule; that is not cartographic convention and in my opinion does not add any clarity. Also, all the other map projection articles use the original color scheme. I think consistency is important. The original color scheme was discussed publicly before creating the images so that the many needs could be balanced. Strebe (talk) 11:47, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, consistency is important. :-) I asked because if these maps are to be replaced with SVGs, it would be better to use good colors for all of them. Could you point me at the previous discussion?

Regarding that "the graticule overwhelms everything" — I thought, it was the main subject of these images. After all, the projection of a regular grid is more revealing than that of some complicated shapes. Figures in the main article en:Map projection suggests that this is indeed the case (and, for example, looking at "A two-point equidistant projection of Asia" illustration there I can barely see what is going on, because the grid is almost invisible).

Mikhail Ryazanov (talk) 15:36, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

We anticipated the need for actual maps, as opposed to just a caricature of the graticule. If the only need were for a thumbnail, then the images might legitimately be only a graticule, or possibly a graticule with a vector coastline. There would be no need for 2,000-pixel-wide satellite images. In most articles on map projections, the thumbnails are at 450 pixels in width, clearly showing the graticule as well as useful land-cover detail. It is true that the thumbnails are smaller in the article on en:Map projection, and it is true that the graticule is difficult to see on the two-point equidistant map of Asia. Yet it is not clear to me how helpful the graticule itself is in that image (actually, it is not even clear to me how relevant the image is to the article). In any case, the rationale is that you can always click on the thumbnail image to see whichever details are most relevant to you, the reader.

Also, most many projection articles include a Tissot indicatrix diagram in addition to the standardized imagery. (See, for example, en:Mollweide projection.) In my opinion that is a much better way to handle demonstrating the graticule and geometric relationships of the projection.

The discussion happened here and was announced on each map projection page whose image would be replaced. I see that I did not include an announcement on the HEALPix Talk page since it that article had no image originally. Strebe (talk) 18:02, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Well, I see that in the "discussion" you basically showed only one variant, and there was just one reply "Good step", before the discussion slipped to the cutoff of Mercator projection. :-) No real discussion about the color scheme, not even anyone mentioned JPEG problems...

Anyway, if the real purpose was to show the landscape map in different projection, then your colors are quite good. And I totally agree that Tissot diagrams are indeed much more useful in articles about projection. Unfortunately, I haven't seem them there — probably because there are actually very few of them. Could you make such diagrams for the other projections? (And I'm going to revert the HEALPix to your original colors.) — Mikhail Ryazanov (talk) 03:08, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

All right, well, I am tired of this discussion. I am not responsible for how other people did or did not respond. I am not responsible for Wikimedia’s inconsistent thumbnail generation of JPEG vs PNG. I improved the images in 38 Wikipedia articles. I added images to pages that had none at all, including HEALPix. I announced the plans in advance on all the pages that had images that I was replacing. No one objected. It was a lot of work. If someone else wants to step up to help improve the situation, they are more than welcome to. Until someone else does, I infer that not many people care anyway, so it makes no sense for me to put even more effort into it, particularly if the only reward is to receive complaints and demands for yet more work. Strebe (talk) 05:39, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Author of Geocart

Are you Daniel “daan” Strebe, one of Geocart author? If so, why do you chose to not license it freely? 171.229.90.177 11:56, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Because it was a gigantic amount of work? Strebe (talk) 23:30, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes, you are. Where did you find the formulas? Perhaps one of the sources is An Album of Map Projections? Refereced (talk) 06:05, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Snyder’s “Album of Map Projections” was an early source. So was his “Flattening the Earth” and “Map Projections—A Working Manual”. Maling’s “Coordinate Systems and Map Projections.” Plus dozens and dozens of professional papers. And that’s just for the projection formulæ. Many of them can’t be used as-is for serious work because they contain singularities or numerically problematic regions. Strebe (talk) 08:24, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Can you give me the formulas for 4 random projections? 1.55.108.57 08:29, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

“Can”? Yes. “Will”? What is this about? Strebe (talk) 09:34, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Ellipsoidal projection in Geocart

Does Geocart support ellipsoidal projection or does it support only spherical projection? 171.229.112.37 06:28, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

See here please. Thank you kindly for your interest. Strebe (talk) 07:04, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Strebe 1995 projection

Please upload this (the Strebe 1995 projection formulas here. 113.190.110.1 13:05, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

These formulæ describe the Strebe 1995 projection, which is equal-area. φ means latitude; λ means longitude. The plane coordinates are x and y.

${\begin{aligned}x&={\frac {2D}{k_{g}}}\cos \varphi _{p}\sin \lambda _{p}\\y&=k_{g}D\sin \varphi _{p}\\k_{g}&=1.35\\D&={\sqrt {\frac {2}{1+\cos \varphi _{p}\cos \lambda _{p}}}}\\\sin \varphi _{p}&={\frac {2\sin ^{-1}{\frac {{\sqrt {2}}y_{e}}{2}}+ry_{e}}{\pi }}\\\lambda _{p}&={\frac {\pi x_{e}}{4r}}\\r&={\sqrt {2-y_{e}^{2}}}\\x_{e}&=2k_{g}{\frac {\lambda (1+\cos \theta )}{\sqrt {4\pi +\pi ^{2}}}}\\y_{e}&=2{\frac {{\sqrt {\pi }}\sin \theta }{k_{g}{\sqrt {4+\pi }}}}\\{\text{where }}\theta {\text{ is solved iteratively:}}\\\theta +\sin \theta \cos \theta +2\sin \theta &={\frac {1}{2}}\left(4+\pi \right)\sin \varphi \\\end{aligned}}$

Strebe (talk) 03:26, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Please Upload Eckert II projection

It is equal area maping projection. the length of polar is half than equator. See This,[1]

File:Ecker II projection SW.jpg

--무소속 (talk) 07:54, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Are you asking for an image? Formulæ? What do you want this for? Strebe (talk) 19:56, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

I want image --23:11, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

You gave a link to an image. Is there something wrong with that image? Strebe (talk) 23:15, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

I want Image like File:Ecker IV projection SW.jpg. --58.29.48.106 23:29, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

I want to. --무소속 (talk) 03:20, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Done Strebe (talk) 04:04, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

File:Mollweide projection SW.jpg

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Kabyst (talk) 08:19, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Request for Ordnance Survey grid projection

Note incomplete map outline at top left

Hi Strebe,

I came across your map projections and am fascinated by your work. I wondered if you could help me with an illustration I made to help readers understand the UK Ordnance Survey grid reference system, please:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid.svg

I superimposed in green an outline of Great Britain which I found (I'm not sure if it's correct), but think it would be much better if the rest of Western Europe in the top-left grid could be shown.

Might you be willing to contribute a bit of your time to render in SVG format at any scale an outline of the land masses in the projection Ordnance Survey maps use? Alternatively, I will most appreciate a list of vertices which can be joined by straight lines, or quadratic Bézier or cubic curves.

Thank you in advance,
cmglee (talk) 21:30, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello cmglee. I posted this: [2]. However, for reasons I don’t know, the outline varies slightly from the one you posted in these ways:

• I had to scale the map left-right by 0.998 in order to match your image. I believe this is a flaw in your image.
• The coastline does not match precisely in northeast Scotland and Cornwall, and to a lesser extent, eastern Ireland. I do not know the source of the discrepancy. I used vector data from WGS 84 coordinates and performed a Molodensky 3-parameter conversion, which might account for it, but the discrepancy seems larger than I would expect from that cause. Strebe (talk) 00:02, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your speedy response, Strebe. I've removed redundant Inkscape tags and attributes, and rescaled it to fit in my graphic. As the polylines are in parts, I couldn't shade the landmasses a solid colour, so just used an outline. You're right, there are flaws in my image as I traced the gridlines by hand and superimposed another map I found on Commons. Nevertheless, I think it's sufficient to illustrate the Ordnance Survey grid reference system. Thanks again, cmglee (talk) 23:21, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Karavaisky vii map projection

Hi i was wondering if you can help me adapt a fictional continent that i made in the indian ocean to fit the karavaisky 7 world map projection?

Hello User:Drax90. Probably. Message me privately, please. Strebe (talk) 04:11, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

how to contact you ? i don't have any idea, do you have alternatehistory account? i could send it there

Hello User:Drax90. There is an "Email this user" link at the bottom of this page. I assume it works. Thanks. Strebe (talk) 20:08, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello Strebe i hsve sent you the map request on wikipedia page

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	Thanks for adding images such as the current featured one. RotubirtnoC (talk) 03:00, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks, RotubirtnoC! I’m glad people have found this series useful and beautiful. Strebe (talk) 07:45, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

about that map

hi strebe i have posted the info about map and link to it on your wikipedia page

Hello User:Drax90. On April 24th, I responded to your e-mail by sending my response to your Hotmail account. Did you not receive my response? Strebe (talk) 06:31, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

i have seen your message, and i have changed my adress now for contact, it seems you didn't understand my request so i'll repeat it again: this map is in karavaisky 7 projection already, but the fictional continent i made is not adapted to it, so i wanted if someone could change it to look like its part of the karavaisky 7 projection Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drax90 (talk • contribs) 08:08, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

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Hi. I noticed you reverted the cat I added to this image. For the first few weeks of its existence, WikiProject Category:Women in Red used it as its logo. But no worries if you think we shouldn't include the cat. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:53, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Makes perfect sense, Rosiestep. I restored the categorization. Thanks! Strebe (talk) 22:45, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Response

Strebe, unfortunately I can't receive that message you sent, so if you could simply copy it here on this user talk page

Thank you Drax90 (talk)

Drax90, I need to be able to conduct a dialogue without it being so cumbersome and public. If you have an e-mail address you can give me that works, then please send it via Wikimedia’s “Email this user” feature, and I will send you an e-mail directly. Strebe (talk) 05:27, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Quarternary Period

I'm adding one of your maps as a map that represents Quarternary Earth. (Link: [3]) I'm here to give you a thanks. SMB99thx (talk) 10:31, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

@SMB99thx: You’re quite welcome. Thanks for using it. Strebe (talk) 16:02, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Small rendering error

Sorry to report: "Guyou doubly periodic projection" needs a nonzero latitude offset. See en:File talk:Guyou doubly periodic projection SW.JPG. Re-rendering with the correct rotational offset would put Europe on the map. ☺☺ -A876 (talk) 22:51, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Blue Marble images with normal cylindrical equal-area projection

Could you create more Blue Marbe images for https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cylindrical_equal-area_projection&oldid=1132370342#Specializations_of_the_normal_cylindrical_equal-area_projection - Smyth/Craster (aspect ratio 2), Trystan Edwards 37,24°, unnamed 40°, Balthasart 50°, Tobler (aspect ratio 1)? Especially Smyth/Craster and Tobler would be nice. Euro2023 (talk) 15:31, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Dymaxion-like equal-area projection

Hi Strebe,

I have been a long-time fan of your maps and was excited to learn about your Dymaxion-like conformal projection.

I've created several visualisations comparing sizes of geographic features while showing their relative locations such as follows using the Fuller projection as it is roughly equal-area.

Fuller projection with largest countries.svg

Fuller projection with largest islands.svg

Fuller projection with largest lakes by area.svg

I think it would benefit readers even more if they were truly equal-area. Have you developed such a projection or be interested to create one?

Thanks in advance,
cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 11:22, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello cmɢʟee. Thanks for the kind words. This is a fairly hard problem to solve it well. You can find some discussion of it here. I encourage you to join that forum if you’re interested in discussing map projections; it has hosted a lot of insightful conversations. It’s not so hard to create an equal-area projection that fits within the confines of an icosahedral face, but it will kink along the edges, and presumably you would not want that. Strebe (talk) 00:49, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Strebe, for your reply and telling me about the ISEA projection.

I understand from your writings that kinks are a major issue. I suppose it's inevitable with a polyhedral projection: even Fuller's original Dymaxion map has them.

Fortunately, I think they are less important for my above use-cases as the countries' areas and locations have higher priority than their shapes (within reason: many equal-area ones distort the shape so much that their areas become hard to compare). http://proj.org/en/9.2/_images/isea.png looks fine except for the icosahedron vertices being placed on land, causing interruptions to occur on land. Fuller's choice seems the best.

Anyway, if you decide to make one, I'd be glad to remake my maps.

Best wishes,
cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 13:16, 5 August 2023 (UTC)