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Gretschel

Description

A perspective projection with point of perspective chosen to yield the same scale along any meridian at the equator as at the pole, in polar aspect.

Classifications

azimuthal
perspective

Graticule

Meridians: Straight lines radiating from the central pole in polar aspect.
Parallels: Concentric circles in polar aspect.

Similar projections

This projection is a specialization of the far-side perspective.
Other far-side perspectives are AMS lunar, Clarke twilight projection, Fischer far-side perspective, James far-side perspective….

Origin

Proposed by Heinrich Freidrich Gretschel in 1873.

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