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Matching the Angles across the projection.

The cos of u, the angle between these two displacements can be calculated from the scalar product...
equation802

Now by the conform property we can equate the tex2html_wrap_inline1263 calculated on the map and on the surface of the earth. Thus :-
equation804

Thus putting all the details in we get...
 eqnarray806

Now as the delta's are small but arbitrary we can set ...
equation808

Then equation (37) becomes...
equation810

Which implies that g=0. Using the definition of g in equation (32) we get the partial differential equation...
 equation812

This simplifies equation (37) to ...


eqnarray814

As the delta's are small but arbitrary we can set tex2html_wrap_inline1265 then the above becomes...


equation816

Squaring both sides and simplifying gives you...
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Which as the terms in tex2html_wrap_inline1267 cancel...
 equation820

Now one can use the result of g=0 to relate tex2html_wrap_inline1271 and tex2html_wrap_inline1273...
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Thus solving this for tex2html_wrap_inline1273 ...
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And using it to remove tex2html_wrap_inline1273 from equation 43...
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We can cancel tex2html_wrap_inline1271 on either side and simplify...
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Now take square roots of both sides....
 equation830
Plugging this into the equation (39) resulting from g=0 gives us...
 equation832

We wish to define a map projection whose axis orientation matches standard mathematical practice, and more particularly, matches the ARC/INFO GIS, Y increases with latitude and X increases with longitude eastwards. Thus we choose the sign in (49) to be +ive and the sign in (48) to be -ive.



John Carter
Fri Feb 21 14:23:22 SAT 1997