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authorEven Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>2019-02-23 10:39:23 +0100
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omerc
ortel
ortho
+ patterson
pconic
poly
putp1
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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
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@@ -197,6 +197,16 @@
Url = {https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA026294}
}
+@Article{Patterson2015,
+ Title = {Introducing the Patterson Cylindrical Projection},
+ Author = {Tom Patterson, Bojan Šavrič, Bernhard Jenny},
+ Journal = {Cartographic Perspectives},
+ Year = {2015},
+ Number = {78},
+
+ Doi = {10.14714/CP78.1270}
+}
+
@article{Ruffhead2016,
author = {A. C. Ruffhead},
title = {Introduction to multiple regression equations in datum transformations and their reversibility},