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<divclass="title">Projections </div></div>
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<divclass="textblock"><p>the functions of the anglescan package support the following map projections.</p>
<p>for a description of the different projections, see, for example, <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection</a></p>
<tdalign="center">kProjDist = 0 </td><tdalign="center">azimuthal equidistant </td><tdalign="center">r = c * theta </td><tdalign="left">radius is proportional to polar angle. </td></tr>
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<tdalign="center">kProjStereo = 1 </td><tdalign="center">stereographic </td><tdalign="center">r = c * tan theta/2 </td><tdalign="left">circles on sphere map to circles. </td></tr>
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<tdalign="center">kProjArea = 2 </td><tdalign="center">azimuthal equal-area </td><tdalign="center">r = c * sin theta/2 </td><tdalign="left">preserves area measure. </td></tr>
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<tdalign="center">kProjGnom = 3 </td><tdalign="center">gnomonic </td><tdalign="center">r = c * tan theta </td><tdalign="left">great circles map to straight lines. </td></tr>
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<tdalign="center">kProjOrtho = 4 </td><tdalign="center">orthographic </td><tdalign="center">r = c * sin theta </td><tdalign="left">k-space mapping in ARPES and LEED. </td></tr>
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<p>the projections in this package are defined for 0 <= theta < 90. </p>
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