gortho

Gall Orthographic Projection

Classification

Cylindrical

Identifier

gortho

Graticule

Meridians: Equally spaced straight parallel lines.

Parallels: Unequally spaced straight parallel lines, perpendicular to the meridians. Spacing is closest near the poles.

Poles: Straight lines equal in length to the Equator.

Symmetry: About any meridian or the Equator.

Features

This is an orthographic projection onto a cylinder secant at the 45º parallels. It is equal-area, but distortion of shape increases with distance from the standard parallels. Scale is true along the standard parallels and constant between two parallels equidistant from the Equator. This projection is not equidistant.

Parallels

For cylindrical projections, only one standard parallel is specified. The other standard parallel is the same latitude with the opposite sign. For this projection, the standard parallel is by definition fixed at 45º.

Remarks

This projection is named for James Gall, who originated it in 1855 and is a special form of the Equal-Area Cylindrical projection secant at 45ºN and S. This projection is also known as the Peters projection.

Example

landareas = shaperead('landareas.shp','UseGeoCoords',true);
axesm ('gortho', 'Frame', 'on', 'Grid', 'on');
geoshow(landareas,'FaceColor',[1 1 .5],'EdgeColor',[.6 .6 .6]);
tissot;

Version History

Introduced before R2006a