[Proj] RE: Distance measured in Mercator projection

[strebe]

(laugh!) Apologies for getting distracted. I meant to look it up but then forgot I hadn't. Thanks, Cliff.

Regards,
-- daan Strebe


On Jul 16, 2008, at 11:44:02 AM, "Clifford J Mugnier" <cjmce at lsu.edu> wrote:
From:   "Clifford J Mugnier" <cjmce at lsu.edu>
Subject:    RE: [Proj] Re: Distance measured in Mercator projection
Date:   July 16, 2008 11:44:02 AM PDT
To: "PROJ.4 and general Projections Discussions" <proj at lists.maptools.org>
I'd suggest something other than zero for the eccentricity of the WGS84 ellipsoid.  Say, e squared being 0.00669437999013, more or less ...
 
Cliff Mugnier
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

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Sent: Wed 16-Jul-08 13:39
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Subject: [Proj] Re: Distance measured in Mercator projection


Shannon,

The scale factor in any direction at a given point on the ellipsoidal equatorial Mercator is:

h = √(1 - e^2 x sin^2 (phi)) / cos (phi)

where √ is the square root of the expression; e is the eccentricity of the ellipsoid (0.0 for WGS84); ^2 means the square of the expression; and other symbols and semantics as given before.

Therefore you would multiply 1m x h to find the map distance of one meter at full scale. As you can see, this is the same as the original expression but just multiplied by the factor that adjusts for the eccentricity.

Don't hesitate to ask for clarification if you need it. Good luck.

Regards,
-- daan Strebe



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