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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=RU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN>Dear colleagues!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN>We would like to offer to you </span><span lang=EN-US>to </span><span lang=EN>include in the library of projections “proj4” oblique perspective-cylindrical projection. Normal perspective-cylindrical projection (projection pole is 90</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:Symbol'>ś</span><span lang=EN>) is included to the projections list of “proj4” under the name of Gall projection. However there are many </span><span lang=EN-US>Russian </span><span lang=EN>maps in oblique perspective-cylindrical projections. These maps are scanned and needed to be correctly georeferenced in GIS for later use. Particularly in one version of this projection (TsNIIGAiK projection – coordinates of pole of projection are 25śN, 80śW) about 100 maps from National Atlas of Russia has been compiled. Among them there are such maps:</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=hps><span lang=EN>Seismicity</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>of</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>Russia</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>and</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>adjacent</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>territories</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=hps><span lang=EN>The largest deposits</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>of minerals</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=hps><span lang=EN>Soil</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>Map of Russia</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=hps><span lang=EN>Vegetation Map of</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>Russia</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'>Nature</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'>conservation</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'>and</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'>environmental</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'>management</span></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'>Functional</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'>types</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'>of</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='color:#222222'>settlement</span></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=hps><span lang=EN>Russian Empire</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>in the XVIII century</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN>.</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN>Another version of oblique perspective-cylindrical projection (Solovyev projection – coordinates of pole of projection are 75ś N, 80śW ) has been used in our country for school maps since the 30s of the last century. In this projection contour maps were created which has been used not only scholars but also by scientists geographers to apply unique information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN>If you are interested in our offer we are ready to provide the projection formulae (forward and inverse).</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Sincerely yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Maria E. Fleis, Michael M. Borisov (Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Maxim V. Nyrtsov, Daniil Zolotnikš (Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK), Moscow, Russia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Timofey E. Samsonov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>