Two-point equidistant projection

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title: Two-point equidistant projection
text: The two-point equidistant projection or doubly equidistant projection is a map projection first described by Hans Maurer in 1919 and Charles Close in 1921. It is a generalization of the much simpler azimuthal equidistant projection. In this two-point form, two locus points are chosen by the mapmaker to configure the projection. Distances from the two loci to any other point on the map are correct: that is, they scale to the distances of the same points on the sphere. The two-point equidistant pr
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description: Two-point equidistant map projection
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date created: 2006-11-24T16:02:30Z
date modified: 2024-09-01T00:02:12Z
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