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The constraints.

 

  1. The Y-axis is a line of longitude chosen as a central meridian. By convention this is an odd numbered line of longitude.
  2. On the central meridian, the Y-value of a point is the arc of the meridian ellipse.
  3. The projection is conformal. Ie. locally, angles are preserved by the projection.



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