A discrete square global grid system based on the parallels plane projection

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1297-1313

  Ma, Ting ^a,b   Zhou, Chenghu ^a   Xie, Yichun ^b   Qin, Biao ^a   Ou, Yang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete global grid system; Earth ellipsoid; Parallels plane projection; Projection distortion

Indexed keywords

COORDINATE; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; ELLIPSE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GIS; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 70349811591     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810802344150     Document Type: Article

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