shows how azimuthal orthographic projections can be used to calculate how much of Earth you can see at any altitude. For example, looking down from an airplane at 32,000 feet, you would be able to ...

for example, is well known for its distortions of areas at high latitudes. It turns out that another projection — the azimuthal equidistant projection – provides exactly what we want ...

By their calculations, the Mercator projection scores 8.296 and Winkel Tripel does better at 4.563. Their own azimuthal equidistant double-sided projection, meanwhile, scores 0.881. “We believe ...

But unlike the Mercator projection, Monte's map shows the world from directly above above the North Pole — a perspective now known as the north polar azimuthal projection. "The projection is ...

Known as a "planisphere," the map is aligned in a “north polar azimuthal projection,” meaning that the North Pole is at its center. When he published his work in a four-volume, geographic ...