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| author | Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com> | 2020-03-10 18:09:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Kristian Evers <kristianevers@gmail.com> | 2020-03-11 09:22:32 +0100 |
| commit | aa71df059f2eee4f33f0b137948c1f71d8260b88 (patch) | |
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Doc: use 'ellipsoidal' to refer to the ellipsoidal formulation (to be opposed to the spherical one)
Instead of 'elliptical'.
Was suggested by @cffk in https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/2030#issuecomment-596132341
An elliptical projection is a projection whose global shape fits inside an
ellipsoid, like Mollweide. At least according to
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elliptical%20projection
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollweide_projection
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diff --git a/docs/source/operations/projections/merc.rst b/docs/source/operations/projections/merc.rst index ae5d136a..063d02dc 100644 --- a/docs/source/operations/projections/merc.rst +++ b/docs/source/operations/projections/merc.rst @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The projection is conformal which makes it suitable for navigational purposes. +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Classification** | Conformal cylindrical | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| **Available forms** | Forward and inverse, spherical and elliptical projection | +| **Available forms** | Forward and inverse, spherical and ellipsoidal | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Defined area** | Global, but best used near the equator | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ @@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ Inverse projection \phi = \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \arctan \left[ e^{-y/k_0} \right] -Elliptical form +Ellisoidal form *************** -For the elliptical form of the projection we introduce the scaling factor: +For the ellipsoidal form of the projection we introduce the scaling factor: .. math:: |