File:Mercator and straightened rhumb.svg
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Summary
| Description |
English: A rhumb line at 45 degrees to meridians is transferred from sphere to the the plane chart (equirectangular projection). The parallels are adjusted upwards to give a straight line as for the Mercator projection. |
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| Source | Own work |
| Author | Peter Mercator |
Licensing
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I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. |
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 10:27, 3 August 2010 | | 944 × 456 (124 KB) | Peter Mercator | Re-assemble components in new file. |
| 10:06, 3 August 2010 |  | 1,055 × 567 (112 KB) | Peter Mercator | whoops. | |
| 10:03, 3 August 2010 |  | 744 × 1,052 (2 KB) | Peter Mercator | dis-assembled and objects transferred to new svg file. | |
| 09:35, 3 August 2010 |  | 1,238 × 520 (71 KB) | Peter Mercator | further test | |
| 09:17, 3 August 2010 |  | 1,238 × 520 (94 KB) | Peter Mercator | Further tests | |
| 09:10, 3 August 2010 |  | 939 × 461 (92 KB) | Peter Mercator | Further tests | |
| 08:55, 3 August 2010 |  | 939 × 461 (91 KB) | Peter Mercator | Try again. | |
| 08:50, 3 August 2010 |  | 977 × 471 (92 KB) | Peter Mercator | Convert textsome text to path | |
| 19:17, 30 July 2010 |  | 977 × 471 (76 KB) | Peter Mercator | Add clear line to right of text. | |
| 19:12, 30 July 2010 |  | 954 × 461 (76 KB) | Peter Mercator | So it's not a font problem! |
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