Don't Panic Geocast

Episode 50 - "Some serious geometric voodoo" Projections Part 2

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Last week we told you about many different map projections and talked about why they are all wrong. This week we’ll discuss a few of our favorites, why we like them, and when they fail us. We also have another Star Wars themed Fun Paper Friday!

  • How’s your 2016 so far? (PhD Comics)

    • Nuclear Test

    • John’s Particle Motion Movie
    • How To Detect A Secret Nuclear Test

      • Picking a Projection

      • Consider what you need
      • For dot density plots, equal area is important
      • Mercator projection
      • Gnomonic projection
      • Great circle distance
      • Great circle

        • Our Favorites

        • Compare landmasses to Africa.
        • Mercator puzzle
        • Wikipedia lists over 60 different projections!
        • Strangest: Hammer retroazimuthal projection or Waterman Butterfly Projection
        • Most boring/overused: Mercator Projection or Web Mercator
        • Pleasing whole-world: Robinson , Winkel tripel projection, or Armadillo
        • Polar Regions: Stereographic Projection or Pierce Quincuncial Projection

          • Fun Paper Friday

          Feinstein, Zachary. “It’s a Trap: Emperor Palpatine’s Poison Pill.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.09054 (2015).

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