Talk:Azimuthal equidistant projection

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Flat-earthers' choice?

This is the projection many (most?) flat-earthers [[1]] use as a "realistic" map of the Earth. Shouldn't this be noted? --Hugh7 (talk) 22:51, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. I would lean towards "no"; I don't think the Flat Earth movement is quite big enough for that to be relevant to this article. That information is on the Flat Earth page, but doesn't necessarily belong on the Az-Eq page. It's not feasible to list every use of each projection on its respective page.

On a completely different note, if it were noted, I could totally see Flat Earthers using the presence of that information on this page as validation of their theory. I saw one who asserted that the Az-Eq map was promoted by the government as the "Flat Earth map" to make Flat Earth theory look less credible.

Justin Kunimune (talk) 22:59, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure? Surely the resulting distortion of Australia would make this projection impossible to defend. Wouldn't they go for an option in which ocean distances are exaggerated, since these are harder (albeit not difficult) to disprove? I've driven from Oranjemund, Namibia to Johannesburg, South Africa. The time it took me would be impossible if this projection were real.

--105.232.52.141 (talk) 10:17, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong images?

The image looks identical to the stereographic projection. That cannot be right. Can anyone fix this (or use the images from the German wikipedia which are correct. :-) --85.75.152.25 16:14, 8 November 2005 (UTC) (de:Benutzer:RokerHRO)[reply]

Look close; they're different. And the images are from the USGS, so they're accurate. – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 16:47, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Okay I see. You're right. Thats because the images only show half of the earth sphere. So the differences between stereographic and azimuthal-equidistant projection are hardly to see. My images show the whole earth and so they show a significant distorsion near the border. This distorsion I missed at the USGS images. :-) --84.158.246.203 16:31, 1 December 2005 (UTC) (de:Benutzer:RokerHRO)[reply]

UN flag overlay

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Is this image worth to be shown in the article? If yes I can move it to Commons… --RokerHRO (talk) 23:28, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think a UN logo would be a good addition. I don’t favor the overlay; that would probably confuse most readers even if its intent is to point out a misconstruction of the projection. Strebe (talk) 23:48, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Replace low-contrast images

I will be replacing images on the various map projection pages. Presently many are on a satellite composite image from NASA that, while realistic, poorly demonstrates the projections because of dark color and low contrast. I have created a stylization of the same data with much brighter water areas and a light graticule to contrast. See the thumbnail of the example from another article. Some images on some pages are acceptable but differ stylistically from most articles; I will replace these also.

The images will be high resolution and antialiased, with 15° graticules for world projections, red, translucent equator, red tropics, and blue polar circles.

Please discuss agreement or objections over here (not this page). I intend to start these replacements on 13 August. Thank you. Strebe (talk) 22:35, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Azimuthal equidistant projection SW.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Azimuthal equidistant projection SW.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on May 19, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-05-19. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:17, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

The azimuthal equidistant projection is an azimuthal map projection in which all points on the map are both proportionately correct distances from the center point and at the correct azimuth (direction) from the center point. Distances and directions to all places, however, are true only from the center point of projection. This projection has been used for the flag of the United Nations, for the USGS National Atlas of the United States of America, and for large-scale mapping of Micronesia, among others.Map: Strebe, using Geocart

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Equatorial

Can you add Equatorial version, like in Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection?