File:Types of latitude difference.png
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Summary
Description | Comparison between different types of latitude (common, reduced, authalic, rectifying, conformal, geocentric) that shows the difference from the common latitude |
Date | 16 August 2006 |
Source | Own work with the help of gnuplot |
Author | User:Cburnett |
Permission ( Reusing this file) |
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Source
The following gnuplot code is released under the GPL:
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set term png small notransparent set output "Types of latitude difference.png" set title "Types of Latitude" set xlabel "Common Latitude (Degrees)" set xtics nomirror 0,5,90 set xrange [-1:91] set ylabel "Difference from Common Latitude (Minutes)" set ytics nomirror 0,1,12 set yrange [-1:13] set size 0.8,0.8 set key left top plot \ "data_difference.dat" using 1:2 title 'Common', \ "data_difference.dat" using 1:3 title 'Reduced', \ "data_difference.dat" using 1:4 title 'Authalic', \ "data_difference.dat" using 1:5 title 'Rectifying', \ "data_difference.dat" using 1:6 title 'Conformal', \ "data_difference.dat" using 1:7 title 'Geocentric'
Source data
The following data was taken from and saved in data_difference.dat:
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 0.00 1.01 1.35 1.52 2.02 2.02 10.00 0.00 1.99 2.66 2.99 3.98 3.98 15.00 0.00 2.91 3.89 4.37 5.82 5.82 20.00 0.00 3.75 5.00 5.62 7.48 7.48 25.00 0.00 4.47 5.96 6.70 8.92 8.92 30.00 0.00 5.05 6.73 7.57 10.09 10.09 35.00 0.00 5.48 7.31 8.22 10.95 10.96 40.00 0.00 5.75 7.66 8.62 11.48 11.49 45.00 0.00 5.84 7.78 8.76 11.67 11.67 50.00 0.00 5.75 7.67 8.63 11.50 11.50 55.00 0.00 5.49 7.32 8.23 10.97 10.98 60.00 0.00 5.06 6.75 7.59 10.12 10.13 65.00 0.00 4.48 5.97 6.72 8.95 8.96 70.00 0.00 3.76 5.01 5.64 7.52 7.52 75.00 0.00 2.92 3.90 4.39 5.85 5.85 80.00 0.00 2.00 2.67 3.00 4.00 4.01 85.00 0.00 1.02 1.35 1.52 2.03 2.03 90.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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