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authorEven Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>2019-02-23 10:39:23 +0100
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Doc: add minimal documentation for patterson projection
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+.. _patterson:
+
+********************************************************************************
+Patterson
+********************************************************************************
+
+The Patterson projection is a cylindrical map projection designed for
+general-purpose mapmaking.
+
+See :cite:`Patterson2015`
+
++---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
+| **Classification** | Cylindrical |
++---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
+| **Available forms** | Forward and inverse, spherical projection |
++---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
+| **Defined area** | Global |
++---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
+| **Alias** | patterson |
++---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
+| **Domain** | 2D |
++---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
+| **Input type** | Geodetic coordinates |
++---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
+| **Output type** | Projected coordinates |
++---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
+
+.. figure:: ./images/patterson.png
+ :width: 500 px
+ :align: center
+ :alt: Patterson
+
+ proj-string: ``+proj=patterson``
+
+Parameters
+################################################################################
+
+.. note:: All parameters are optional for projection.
+
+.. include:: ../options/lon_0.rst
+
+.. include:: ../options/R.rst
+
+.. include:: ../options/x_0.rst
+
+.. include:: ../options/y_0.rst