[OSRS-PROJ] Review of the book "Map Projection Transformation"

[Gerald Evenden]

I have developed a great deal of reservations about the book "Map 
Projection
Transformation: Principles and Applications" by Qihe Yang, John Snyder 
and
Waldo Tobler.  The recent activity on the Rossilhe projection and its 
version
in the book having an obvious typo (end of line 2 of eqn. 2.2.25, p.20) 
and
a suspicious looking equation (last line of eqn. 2.2.28, p.20) bothered 
me.

Also on page 79 nomenclature gets a little different compared to 
Snyder's
usage in PP 1395 regarding what I would call the isometric latitude.  
After
eqn 3.5.2 "q" is referred to as the "conformal latitude function or 
conformal
isometric latitude."  I am used to most sources referring only the 
isometric
latitude.  Obviously a simple matter of style.

Note on eqn 3.3.5 "tan" is omitted from the equation for the conformal
latitude (page 79).

After a superficial use of a dozen or so pages of this book I have found
sufficient material to make me apprehensive of any further usage.  It 
appears
to be sloppily proofed.  The style of the prose if often too terse and 
reads more
like a math function handbook than an informative text book.

According to P.B. Anderson, this was the book Snyder was working on
at the time of his death.  At the moment I feel it it is an unfortunate
legacy.

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Jerry and the low riders: Daisy Mae and Joshua

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