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Samples

Map 1: Map of Europe, normal aspect of the projection

 Title:  L'Europe sous l'Empire de Charlemagne ou tableau historique de cette partie du monde
 Author:  Adrien Huber
 Date:  1828,
 Publisher:   A. Brue,
 Location:  Paris,
 Type:  Atlas Map,
 Height:  37 cm,
 Width:  51 cm,
 Scale:  1 : 12,500,000.


europe 1 bone grat 2

Determined parameters of the projection:
Projection: Bonne.
Transformed pole position: φk = 90.0○, λk = 0.0○.
Standard parallels: φ1 =53. 5○, φ2 =53. 5○.
Longitude of the central meridian: λ0 = 14.7○.
Arbitrary constant parameter: k = 1.0.
Auxiliary sphere radius: R′= 0.3m.
Map scale: S = 20 910 248.
Angle of rotation: α = 0.00.

Map 2: World map in hemisphere, transverse aspect of the projection

  Title:   Novus Orbis Sive America Meridionalis Et Septentrionalis : divisa per sua regna, provincias et insul, cura et opera
 Author:   Seutter, Matthäus,
 Date:  1744
 Publisher:    Seutter, Matthäus,
 Location:  Augsburg,
 Type:  Atlas Map,
 Height:  58 cm,
 Width:  50 cm,
 Scale:  1 : 19,000,000

 

america 2 stereo grat2

Determined parameters of the projection:
Projection:stereographic.
Transformed pole position: φk = 0.2○, λk = -80.3○.
Standard parallels: φ1 =0. 0○, φ2 =0.0○.
Longitude of the central meridian: λ0 = 0.0○.
Arbitrary constant parameter: k = 1.0.
Auxiliary sphere radius: R′= 2.2 m.
Map scale: S = 39 380 986.
Angle of rotation: α = 0.00.

 Map 3: World in planisphere, oblique aspect of the projection

 Title:  World Air Routes. Nordic Projection By John Bartholomew,
 Author:  Bartholomew, John,
 Date:  1958,
 Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Co.,
 Location:  Boston,
 Type:  Atlas Map,
 Height:  49 cm,
 Width:  61 cm,
 Scale:  1 : 2,600,000

 

routes 1 hamm grat 2

Determined parameters of the projection:
Projection: Hammer.
Transformed pole position: φk = 45.2○, λk = 179.7○.
Standard parallels: φ1 =0.0○, φ2 = 0.0○.
Longitude of the central meridian: λ0 = 0.0○.
Arbitrary constant parameter: k = 1.0.
Auxiliary sphere radius: R′= 0.1 m.
Map scale: S = 93 045 821.
Angle of rotation: α = 0.00.

Map 4: World map in planisphere, normal aspect of the projection

 Title:  Typus orbis terrarum. Ab. Ortelius describ. cum privilegio decennali 1587
 Author:  Ortelius, Abraham
 Date:  1828,
 Publisher:   Hachette & Cie,
 Location:  Paris,
 Type:  Atlas Map,
 Height:  34 cm,
 Width:  51 cm,
 Scale:  1 : 90,000,000.

 

ortelius 1 ort grat 2

Determined parameters of the projection:
Projection: Ortelius.
Transformed pole position: φk = 90.0○, λk = 0.0○.
Standard parallels: φ1 =0.0○, φ2 = 0.0○.
Longitude of the central meridian: λ0 = 0.3○.
Arbitrary constant parameter: k = 1.0.
Auxiliary sphere radius: R′= 0.1 m.
Map scale: S = 102 676 746.
Angle of rotation: α = 0.00.

Map 5: World map in hemispheres, transverse aspect of the projection

 Title:  Nova Totium Terrarum Orbis Tabula,
 Author:  Hondius, Henricus,
 Date:  1630,
 Publisher:   Blaeu, Joan,
 Location:  Amsterdam,
 Type:  Atlas Map,
 Height:  58 cm,
 Width:  81 cm,
 Scale:  1 : 90,000,000.

 

hondius stereo 1 grat

Determined parameters of the projection, Western Hemisphere:
Projection: stereographic.
Transformed pole position: φk = -0.1○, λk = -90.0○.
Standard parallels: φ1 =0.0○, φ2 = 0.0○.
Longitude of the central meridian: λ0 = 0.0○.
Arbitrary constant parameter: k = 1.0.
Auxiliary sphere radius: R′= 0.2 m.
Map scale: S = 26 255 473.
Angle of rotation: α = 0.00.

Determined parameters of the projection, Eastern Hemisphere:
Projection: stereographic.
Transformed pole position: φk = 0.1○, λk = 90.0○.
Standard parallels: φ1 =0.0○, φ2 = 0.0○.
Longitude of the central meridian: λ0 = 0.0○.
Arbitrary constant parameter: k = 1.0.
Auxiliary sphere radius: R′= 0.2 m.
Map scale: S = 26 376 592.
Angle of rotation: α = 0.00.