The international geography . aced at an infinite distance theoutlying portions of the map are unduly diminished, and when the eye issupposed to be on the surface of the globe the A outlying portions are unduly enlarged, there willbe some intermediate of the eye whereone of these distortions will counteract the other. This is the principle of the Equidistant projection, Ior fic Gtobutar projection, as it is sometimescalled. In this the eye is supposed to be atE (Fig. 12) on the diameter of the sphere per-pendicular to the plane of projection, and at adistance from the surface EB = ra
The international geography . aced at an infinite distance theoutlying portions of the map are unduly diminished, and when the eye issupposed to be on the surface of the globe the A outlying portions are unduly enlarged, there willbe some intermediate of the eye whereone of these distortions will counteract the other. This is the principle of the Equidistant projection, Ior fic Gtobutar projection, as it is sometimescalled. In this the eye is supposed to be atE (Fig. 12) on the diameter of the sphere per-pendicular to the plane of projection, and at adistance from the surface EB = radius x ~- Ifthen P be the middle point of the quadrant AD,it is referred to the plane of projection by PME, and, by the principles of elementarygeometry, OM = MD. And we shall find that other equal arcs on thehemisphere are projected into nearly equal lines. In the equidistantprojection the relative dimensions of the objects dehneated are thereforemuch better preserved than in those previously described. It does not,.
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