[OSRS-PROJ] Re: Another unknown projection

[David Orme]

That looks to be a very good fit. Many thanks for the suggestion.

Cheers,
David
On 2 Apr 2004, at 19:38, Strebe at aol.com wrote:

>
> This looks distinctly like Moir's "The Times" projection.
>
> Regards,
> daan Strebe
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry to do this again - I'm working on a project to create global 
>> maps
>> of bird ranges and none of the sources record the projection of
>> distribution maps. This one is a map of Europe
>> (http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/research/iowens/orme/BWP.jpeg  - 600kb file).
>>
>> The parallels are parallel straight lines and the meridians are
>> smoothly converging curves - this all says pseudo-cylindrical to me.
>> The spacing of the parallels increase markedly toward the pole, which 
>> I
>> can't immediately associate with any pseudo-cylindrical projection.
>>
>> It could be that the parallels _are_ curved but just not visibly so in
>> the image, but given the size of the area mapped this seems a bit
>> unlikely.
>>
>> If anyone has got any suggestions, I'd be very grateful to hear them. 
>> I
>> have asked the publishers - no joy...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
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>>
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>> Imperial College London
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>> Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY UK.
>>
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