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| author | Kristian Evers <kristianevers@gmail.com> | 2018-04-10 11:36:47 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-04-10 11:36:47 +0200 |
| commit | e634a07ae7d389c4a3e8c484233a7b90f696b06d (patch) | |
| tree | 0d59d1b4e46fe66099d6724a6bfb18f47c41fe0d /docs/source | |
| parent | 875d5168b7978fb35ae3e71be85baa176403447d (diff) | |
| parent | b7c59722cb0058391e47d2899d510961a0985c59 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #926 from kbevers/airy-updates
Airy updates
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diff --git a/docs/source/operations/projections/airy.rst b/docs/source/operations/projections/airy.rst index d2730592..eefda4e9 100644 --- a/docs/source/operations/projections/airy.rst +++ b/docs/source/operations/projections/airy.rst @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ ******************************************************************************** Airy ******************************************************************************** + +The Airy projection is an azimuthal minimum error projection for the region +within the small or great circle defined by an angular distance, +:math:`\phi_b`, from the tangency point of the plane :math:`( \lambda_0, \phi_0 )`. + +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Classification** | | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ @@ -14,7 +19,10 @@ Airy +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Options** | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| `+lat_b` | | +| `+lat_b` | Angular distance from tangency point of the plane | +| | :math:`( \lambda_0, \phi_0 )` where the error is kept at | +| | minimum. Defaults to :math:`90^{\circ}` which is | +| | suitable for hemispherical maps. | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | `+no_cut` | Do not cut at hemisphere limit | +---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ |