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Map projections are fun but have limited relevance in the age of computers. Almost all on-screen interactive maps should use perspective projection, the only in
by modeless 3y ago
Map projections are fun but have limited relevance in the age of computers. Almost all on-screen interactive maps should use perspective projection, the only intuitive projection. (I feel like people dismiss perspective projection as not a "real" map projection, but it most definitely is.) If you need to judge relative sizes or distances or draw straight lines or whatever other things you might want from a map projection, software tools can help you do it more easily and more accurately.
- contravariant 3y agoWhich perspective projection do you mean? Stereographic, gnomic or just a 3D rendering of a globe?
- modeless 3y agoThose are special cases of perspective projection, but they are non-physical because they ignore occlusion. I prefer perspective projections that correspond at least roughly to what a physical camera could see, or, more importantly, an eye. That's what I mean by "intuitive".