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Fig. 17.12.
Mapping the sphere to a cone. Polar aspect, equal area mapping, equidistant and conformal on two
standard parallel
Φ
=
Φ
1
=30
◦
and
Φ
=
Φ
2
=60
◦
(Albers projection)
With these formulae, we close the discussion of the polar aspect of the mappings “sphere to
cone”. In the chapter that follows, let us discuss the pseudo-conic aspect.
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