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authorEven Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>2022-02-17 20:41:24 +0100
committerEven Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>2022-02-17 20:41:24 +0100
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Doc: gall.rst: add note that Gall != Gall-Peters
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@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ It is used in several British atlases, but seldom in the United States.
The Gall projection is neither conformal nor equal-area, but has a blend of various features.
Unlike the Mercator, the Gall shows the poles as lines running across the top and bottom of the map.
+.. note::
+
+ The Gall projection must not be confused with the Gall-Peters one, the later
+ being a specialization of :ref:`cea`.
Example using Gall Stereographic ::