Mapping the sphere It is not possible to map a portion of the sphere into the plane without introducing some distortion. There is a lot of evidence for this. For one thing you can do a simple experiment. Cut a grapefrui - Projection mapping - Document - PDFSEARCH.IO

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	Mapping the sphere It is not possible to map a portion of the sphere into the plane without introducing some distortion. There is a lot of evidence for this. For one thing you can do a simple experiment. Cut a grapefrui Add to Reading List Document Date: 1997-11-16 14:49:47 Open Document File Size: 168,86 KB Share Result on Facebook City Greenwich / Salt Lake City / / Company London Times / / Continent America / North America / / Country United Kingdom / / IndustryTerm long distance airplane travel / / NaturalFeature Pacific Ocean / / Person Rand Macnally / / PublishedMedium the London Times / / SocialTag Cartography Conformal mapping Geodesy Gnomonic projection Map projection Great circle Rhumb line Stereographic projection Mercator projection Geometry

Mapping the sphere It is not possible to map a portion of the sphere into the plane without introducing some distortion. There is a lot of evidence for this. For one thing you can do a simple experiment. Cut a grapefruiAdd to Reading List