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Cassini Projection
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CassiniProjection

A map projection defined by

x=sin^(-1)[cosphisin(lambda-lambda_0)]
(1)
y=tan^(-1)[(tanphi)/(cos(lambda-lambda_0))].
(2)

The inverse formulas are

phi=sin^(-1)(sinDcosx)
(3)
lambda=lambda_0+tan^(-1)((tanx)/(cosD)),
(4)

where

 D=y+phi_0.
(5)

REFERENCES:

Snyder, J. P. Map Projections--A Working Manual. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1395. Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, pp. 92-95, 1987.




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