10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EQUATORIAL ZENITHAL»
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1
The Facts on File Dictionary of Earth Science
Because of refraction through the atmosphere, actual day length is slightly longer
than the true astronomi- equatorial zenithal gnomonic projection A MAP
PROJECTION in which the tangent touches the surface of the Earth at the
Equator.
Jacqueline Smith, John O. E. Clark, Stella E. Stiegeler, 2009
2
Text Book Of Practical Geography
For other are like the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans, our choice may rest
upon Equatorial Zenithal equidistant or equal area projection or stereographic
Normal Zenithal in which the equator is a straight line passing across the country.
Md. Zulfequar Ahmad Khan, 1998
3
Surveying and Charting of the Seas
The reader will be able to verify that this position 1 (central) projection has
identical characteristics in the type 1 (B) and type 1 (C) projections, i.e. the
equatorial zenithal and the oblique zenithal projections respectively, with the
exception that ...
4
The Mountain Encyclopedia: An A to Z Compendium of Over ...
Penitentes These are gendarmes made of snow, that is, towers of snow that are
created by melting under the equatorial (zenithal) sunrays. Pennsylvania Lowest
point, Delaware River, Delaware border 0 m; highest point Mt. Davis 979 m, ...
Frederic Hartemann, Robert Hauptman, 2005
5
Ormsby, Michael Thomas Morley
In practice d and A are calculated by spherical trigonometry, and the points
plotted by rectangular co-ordinates, viz., x = d sin A, y = d cos A. An Equatorial
Zenithal Equal-area map is shown (Fig. 84) constructed by this method, which is
very ...
Alexander Hope Jameson, 1929
... focus is identified by a central longitude and a central latitude. ' In respect of the
plane's position touching the globe, zenithal projection is of three main classes. 0
Nonnal or equatorial zenithal (where the plarle touches the globe at equator).
7
Geographic Understandings
Equatorial Zenithal Orthographic High latitude land masses greatly stretched E-W
, slightly stretched N-S. Area progressively diminished equatorwards of 45°
latitude; progressively enlarged polewards of 45° latitude. Direction not correctly
...
8
Sphere, spheroid and projections for surveyors
14.3 Equatorial zenithal authalic projection Point E0 is on the equator. Point A
has latitude 0 and its longitude is L reckoned from the meridian of E0. The
spherical triangle E,lPA has side E,IP = 90°. Side E0A is cr and angle PE0A is L' .
9
Illustrated graphics glossary of terms used in printing, ...
... which plane of projection is assumed to touch globe at single point, as distinct
from 'cylindrical' or 'conic' projections (qqv); typical zenithal projections are:
Lambert's equatorial zenithal equal area equator1 Lambert's oblique zenithal
equal.
10
Perception and motor control in birds: an ecological approach
An equatorial zenithal orthographic projection is used which permits the direct
reading of binocular field widths at any elevation about the median sagittal plane
of the birds. In these projections the bird is facing the reader with the bill pointing
...
Mark N. O. Davies, Patrick R. Green, 1994
