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!
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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