Timeline for Deriving the Mercator projection algorithm
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| Aug 28, 2013 at 17:23 | history | edited | user9072 |
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| Mar 18, 2013 at 22:00 | vote | accept | Alan Smith | ||
| Mar 18, 2013 at 21:09 | answer | added | Barry Cipra | timeline score: 7 | |
| Mar 18, 2013 at 17:39 | answer | added | Alexandre Eremenko | timeline score: 7 | |
| Mar 18, 2013 at 7:40 | comment | added | S. Carnahan♦ | There is an explanation of the formula in the Wikipedia article. The formula satisfies the differential equation that is necessary and sufficient for conformality. The projection from a sphere to a cylinder is not given by lines in 3-space (which would yield the $R\cdot \tan(\phi)$ that you suggest). | |
| Mar 18, 2013 at 6:24 | history | edited | Alan Smith | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 18, 2013 at 6:11 | history | asked | Alan Smith | CC BY-SA 3.0 |