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Re: problems converting to Cylindrical (longitude-latitude) [message #42490 is a reply to message #42405]

Tue, 08 February 2005 12:37

Jeff DLB
Messages: 2
Registered: February 2005

Junior Member

Chris Torrence wrote:
> However, since the Cylindrical projection is just a simple scaling
from
> lon/lat to U/V, you can convert back to lon/lat by just dividing by
the
> Earth radius.

Thank you for the information! The mention of lat/lon in MAP_PROJ_IMAGE
and Chapter 19 - Map Projections suggested degrees would be the output
units. I should have realized I was getting arclength rather than
angle.

Regards,
Jeff DLB

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		Re: problems converting to Cylindrical (longitude-latitude) By: Chris[2] on Mon, 07 February 2005 13:48
		Re: problems converting to Cylindrical (longitude-latitude) By: Jeff DLB on Tue, 08 February 2005 12:37
		Re: problems converting to Cylindrical (longitude-latitude) By: sri_sri on Sun, 27 February 2005 19:12

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