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
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 in such a way that
the Northerly locations are
Hi David,
The 'Peters Projection' you mention sounds very close to what I
am seeking. Can you recommend a source?
Thanks in anticipation,
Tony M.
-Original Message-
From: David Andersson davey.anders...@gmail.com
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Sun, 17 Aug 2014
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
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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
Hello dialing friends,
In a recent posting, Jack Aubert wrote:
Our own Tony Moss is probably the foremost world expert in photo etching.
He has uploaded a two-part video on you tube showing the process of etching
a clock face with all the information one you would need to get started
photo
Hi Keith,
Many Thanks for the website references which take me some way
beyond what I learned for 'A' Level geography many years ago. A very
interesting browse in fact.
Best,
Tony M.
-Original Message-
From: Keith Christian keith.christ...@fastmessage.co.uk
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
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