High!

clipka wrote:

> The official cartographical term is "equidistant cylindrical projection" (aka
> "plate carree projection").

Yes, a "Rechteckige Plattkarte" in German!

> Not to be confused with what POV-Ray calls a "cylindrical" projection - which
> actually is an "equal-area cylindrical projection" (any subtype will do for
> POV-Ray, e.g. Gall-Peters projection, Behrmann projection or Lambert
> cylindrical equal-area projection, as they just differ in the way they are
> "squeezed" to a certain aspect ratio, which is irrelevant for use in POV-Ray).
> 
> The "equidistant cylindrical projection" matches what POV-Ray calls "spherical
> projection".

Interesting...are you a professional cartographer/student of geography?

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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