Difference between revisions of "Mercator"
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={{PROJECTIONNAME}} Mercator= | ={{PROJECTIONNAME}} Mercator= | ||
| − | *{{NAMINGPRINCIPLE}} [[ | + | *{{NAMINGPRINCIPLE}} [[Principle of precedence|{{PRINCIPLEPRECEDENCE}}]] |
*{{YEAROFORIGIN}} 1511 | *{{YEAROFORIGIN}} 1511 | ||
*{{ORIGINATORNAME}} Erhard Etzlaub | *{{ORIGINATORNAME}} Erhard Etzlaub | ||
*{{ORIGINATORREFERENCE}} | *{{ORIGINATORREFERENCE}} | ||
| − | *{{ | + | *{{YEAROFFORMULATION}} 1599 |
| − | *{{ | + | *{{FORMULATORNAME}} Edward Wright |
| − | *{{ | + | *{{FORMULATORCITATION}} |
*{{PROJECTIONSYNONYMS}} Wright | *{{PROJECTIONSYNONYMS}} Wright | ||
*{{PROJECTIONDERIVATIVES}} [[Gauss Kruger|Gauss-Krüger]], [[Hotine]], [[Cole]], [[Rosenmund]], [[Laborde]], [[UTM|UTM = Universal Transverse Mercator]], [[Space Oblique Mercator]] | *{{PROJECTIONDERIVATIVES}} [[Gauss Kruger|Gauss-Krüger]], [[Hotine]], [[Cole]], [[Rosenmund]], [[Laborde]], [[UTM|UTM = Universal Transverse Mercator]], [[Space Oblique Mercator]] | ||
Revision as of 14:37, 20 June 2005
Projection name: Mercator
- Projection naming principle: Principle of Preponderance of Precedence
- Year of origin: 1511
- Name of originator: Erhard Etzlaub
- Originator reference:
- Year of formulation: 1599
- Name of formulator: Edward Wright
- Formula citation:
- Projection synonyms: Wright
- Projection derivatives: Gauss-Krüger, Hotine, Cole, Rosenmund, Laborde, UTM = Universal Transverse Mercator, Space Oblique Mercator
- Naïve specializations:
- transverse cylindrical orthomorphic (transverse aspect)
- oblique cylindrical orthomorphic (oblique aspect)
