Györffy's minimum-distortion pseudocylindrical projection

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PeteD
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Re: Györffy's minimum-distortion pseudocylindrical projection

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The house of Martin Luther's birth is an interesting one because Martin Luther actually trends higher than the Oktoberfest for most of the year, though the Oktoberfest is still higher-trending overall by far. If only Martin Luther had done something relevant to cartography or geodesy!

None of those terrestrial features seem particularly remarkable.
Milo wrote: Wed Aug 30, 2023 5:22 am Feature class 'P' (cities) again, of course, turns of a lot places, but the biggest ones are Munich and Yaoundé, both with almost 1.3 million people. The biggest one whose longitude is between 11.545 and 11.555 is Vicenza, with over 0.1 million people.
The longitude of the centres of Munich and Yaoundé may not lie between 11.545° and 11.555° E, but the 11.55° E meridian does run through both cities. In Munich, it passes within walking distance of the centre, whereas in Yaoundé, it passes through the eastern outskirts.
Milo wrote: Wed Aug 30, 2023 5:22 am Wikipedia gives its area as 80 square kilometers, which would give it a radius of about 5 kilometers. Which is a problem, since we want an accuracy of 1 kilometer here.

...Conclusion? Nah. No conclusions here.
The Theresienwiese (where the Oktoberfest is held) has a width of around half a km, so my conclusion would be to carry on using that.
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