Frank King frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk wrote:
To be sure the projection distorts sizes so Greenland appears about the
same size as Africa but the UK is pretty small and the distortion is
minimal. I do not understand Linda's map! As John Foad didn't quite
say, this is decidedly an Alex Salmond
Dear Geoff,
Given that you have checked the Ordnance
Survey's A guide to coordinate systems in
Great Britain you will know everything
that I know on this and, no doubt, much
more besides.
What I didn't quite deduce from the document
is how individual features get into the
grid squares! You
that these basic facts were still true.
What should I now believe?
Geoff
-Original Message-
From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Keith
Christian
Sent: 17 August 2014 19:01
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Map required
As Frank King mentioned
Dear Geoff,
I share your lament...
I thought that I understood the principles
of the OSGB but since Keith said that it is
not strictly based on a transverse Mercator
projection, I am now confused again.
Well, the Ordnance Survey certainly WAS based
on a transverse Mercator projection, and
@uni-koeln.de; Frank King
Subject: Re: Map required
Dear Geoff,
I share your lament...
I thought that I understood the principles of the OSGB but since Keith
said that it is not strictly based on a transverse Mercator
projection, I am now confused again.
Well, the Ordnance Survey certainly
is http://www.mapmaker.com/v3/index.htm a possible solution for you?
Thibaud
At 20:14 16-8-2014, Tony Moss wrote:
Hi all,
For a sundialling purpose I need a map of the British
Isles in Mercator's Projection. All I have found so far is a
webpage purporting to offer a Mercator print
In message 53f0418a.9060...@zooplankton.co.uk
Frank Evans frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk wrote:
Hi Tony,
Do you need a place map or just one where you can enter lat.-long.? If
the latter you just need a chart. Maybe Lilley and Gillie, chart agents,
in North Shields can help.
Best,
Hi Tony,
Looking at Linda's map, are you rooting for Scottish independence?!
Best wishes,
John
-Original Message-
From: Linda Reid
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 10:13 AM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Re Map required
In message 53f0418a.9060...@zooplankton.co.uk
: Sunday, August 17, 2014 10:13 AM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Re Map required
In message 53f0418a.9060...@zooplankton.co.uk
Frank Evans frankev...@zooplankton.co.uk wrote:
Hi Tony,
Do you need a place map or just one where you can enter lat.-long.? If
the latter you
12:18
Subject: Re: Re Map required
In message 0140891B818E4FDEAEFAD2DD82D8EF4F@FoadPC
John Foad john.f...@keme.co.uk wrote:
Hi Tony,
Looking at Linda's map, are you rooting for Scottish independence?!
Best wishes,
John
Yes, the Mercator projection distorts areas
Dear Tony,
What a fun thread you have spawned!
Mercator is possibly the most famous
Belgian, not that Belgium existed in
his day but let's overlook that detail.
The mathematics of Mercator's projection
is quite challenging. Certainly Mercator
himself didn't understand it!
The first proper
In message e1xj1zw-0004rj...@mta1.cl.cam.ac.uk
Frank King frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk wrote:
Dear Tony,
What a fun thread you have spawned!
Mercator is possibly the most famous
Belgian, not that Belgium existed in
his day but let's overlook that detail.
The mathematics of
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 19:10
Subject: Re: Map required
In message e1xj1zw-0004rj...@mta1.cl.cam.ac.uk
Frank King frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk wrote:
Dear Tony,
What a fun thread you have spawned!
Mercator is possibly the most famous
Belgian, not that Belgium
A simple rectangular projection where Longitude
is the X coordinate and Latitude is the Y coordinate
also has straight and perpendicular lines. And it
can go all the way to 90 North. Of course, longitude
is very distorted at the poles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection
Hi all,
For a sundialling purpose I need a map of the British Isles in
Mercator's Projection. All I have found so far is a webpage purporting to
offer a Mercator print but its latitude lines are curved and the longitude
lines converge to the north. My old schoolroom World Map has the
Hi Tony,
Do you need a place map or just one where you can enter lat.-long.? If
the latter you just need a chart. Maybe Lilley and Gillie, chart agents,
in North Shields can help.
Best,
Frank 55N 1W
On 16 Aug 2014, at 19:14, Tony Moss tonylindi...@talktalk.net
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