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Polyazimuthal Map Projections
https://doi.org/10.32909/kg.18.32.2

Krisztián Kerkovits

Abstract


A polyazimuthal map projection is a mapping that represents parallels as non-concentric full circles on the plane. Polyazimuthal mappings are almost never mentioned in the literature dealing with map projections. However, these projections are flexible; their distortion characteristics are highly mutable. This paper expands the theory of polyazimuthal map projections. Furthermore, this study also shows the derivation for variants of this projection family (e. g. equal-area, orthogonal). The article concludes with some practical applications in the field of low-distortion map projections to demonstrate their advantages.

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Polyazimuthal projections; optimal map projections; numerical optimization

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