[Ráfaga] Nº1671: projections, urbanism, perspective

[Jorge Sanz]

Nº1671: projections, urbanism, perspective

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 by Raf

* G.Projector is an application made with Java that transforms an
image of a map to any of the 200 global and regional projections and
you can add grid lines longitude-latitude and continental contours via
@vehrka

https://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/gprojector/

* "Breaking with the spatial-cycle model: the shift towards
‘syncurbanization’ in polycentric urban regions" criticizes the
original spatial cycle model (SCM) that suggests repeating stages of
urbanization, suburbanization, deurbanization and redevelopment

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2021.1969008

* In "TRANSPARENT TERRITORY" the artist Gerhard Marx continues his
research on the formal and fictitious possibilities of perspective by
breaking the flat surface of the map to create a series of optical
riddles or Escherian landscapes

https://gerhardmarx.co.za/Transparent-Territory

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