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- Title
Secant Cylinders Are Evil—A Case Study on the Standard Lines of the Universal Transverse Mercator and Universal Polar Stereographic Projections.
- Authors
Kerkovits, Krisztián
- Abstract
The literature usually calls downscaled versions of basic conformal map projections "secant", referring to conceptual developable map surfaces that intersect the reference frame. However, recent studies pointed out on the examples of various mappings of the sphere that this model may lead to incorrect conclusions. In this study, we examine the paradigm of secant surfaces for two popular map projections of the ellipsoid, the UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) and the UPS (Universal Polar Stereographic) projections. Results will show that ellipsoidal map projections can exhibit further anomalies. To support the shift to a paradigm avoiding developable map surfaces, this study recommends the new term reduced map projection with a proper and simple definition to be used instead of secant map projections.
- Subjects
SPHERICAL projection; MAP projection; CONCEPT mapping; CONFORMAL mapping; GOOD &; evil
- Publication
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2024, Vol 13, Issue 2, p56
- ISSN
2220-9964
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijgi13020056