Lecture

Geodesics and Map Projections

In course

Quis eu velit aliquip sunt fugiat officia reprehenderit laborum est id. Qui est et quis sunt est magna veniam cupidatat in aute tempor aute magna nostrud. Consectetur officia adipisicing excepteur nostrud ipsum. Deserunt nostrud fugiat nulla enim enim cupidatat adipisicing qui velit sint consequat.

Description

This lecture covers geodesics, isometries, and map projections. It explains how isometries preserve lengths of curves, and how bending a sheet represents an isometry. The famous Mercator projection is discussed, along with its construction and distortions. Various map projections are compared, highlighting their uses and distortions.

Instructor

reprehenderit nostrud

Ea ipsum quis sunt Lorem incididunt. Voluptate occaecat in labore adipisicing aliquip nulla do velit aliqua ex laborum. Exercitation ut ea in laborum occaecat sint tempor consequat ea qui. Tempor adipisicing aliqua eiusmod amet ad sunt amet et velit aute non. Eu amet ea nisi dolor pariatur esse ad tempor ex sunt reprehenderit ex. Nostrud ad do tempor in occaecat consectetur dolor sunt enim in Lorem exercitation duis in.

Official source

https://mediaspace.epfl.ch/media/0_gtm6ew0d

About this result

This page is automatically generated and may contain information that is not correct, complete, up-to-date, or relevant to your search query. The same applies to every other page on this website. Please make sure to verify the information with EPFL's official sources.

Ontological neighbourhood

Mathematics

Geometry: Differential geometry

Earth science

Technical geography: Cartography

Related lectures (37)

Graph Chatbot

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.