Flattening the earth
by John Parr Snyder · first published 1993
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Along these lines, I'd recommend the book Flattening the Earth by John P. Snyder.
on “Introduction to Map Projection” ↗…intentionally distorted to represent data while maintaining topology. Synder is one of several definitive "the map guy" candidates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Snyder Chatty, detailed, authorative: Flattening the earth: two thousand years of map projections. Snyder, John P. (1993) https://annas-archive.org/isbn/9780226767475 To call Flattening the Earth a detailed history of map projections is akin to calling a…
on “History of Cartography: Volumes One, Two, Three, Four, and Six (1987)” ↗…to create 3d globle renderings of the data. I purchased the following two books to better understand map projection implementation: 3D Engine Design for Virtual Globes by Patrick Cozzi and Kevin Ring Flattening the Earth by John P. Snyder
on “Show HN: Skies-adsb 2.0 – my 3D plane-tracking web app” ↗Yorro Yorro: Everything Standing Up Alive - David Mowaljarlai Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections - John P. Snyder Fallout: Hedley Marston and the atomic bomb tests in Australia - Roger Cross A Fortunate Life - A.B. Facey
on “Ask HN: Books Recommendations?” ↗…Before WGS84 there were tens of state level ellipsoids and hundreds of global datums - with more than a few readjustments on the way to global unification. One book, of many on the cartography side is Flattening the Earth Two Thousand Years of Map Projections - John P. Snyder https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo363285... who formulated the sinusoidal US space projection seen in war room move scenes…
on “High Precision Mapping from Scratch” ↗