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## 5.4.5 Cassini Cylindrical Projection (-Jc -JC)

This cylindrical projection was developed in 1745 by C. F. Cassini for the survey of France. It is occasionally called Cassini-Soldner since the latter provided the more accurate mathematical analysis that led to the development of the ellipsoidal formulae. The projection is neither conformal nor equal-area, and behaves as a compromise between the two end-members. The distortion is zero along the central meridian. It is best suited for mapping regions of north-south extent. The central meridian, each meridian 90 away, and equator are straight lines; all other meridians and parallels are complex curves. The requirements to define this projection are:

  Longitude and latitude of central point

  Scale in inch/degree or as 1:xxxxx (-Jc), or map width (-JC)

A detailed map of the island of Sardinia centered on the 845'E meridian using the Cassini projection can be obtained by running the command:

    #!/bin/sh
    #    $Id: GMT_cassini.sh,v 1.1 2001/03/21 04:10:21 pwessel Exp $
    #

    gmtset LABEL_FONT_SIZE 12
    pscoast -R7:30/38:30/10:30/41:30r -JC8.75/40/2.5i -B1g1f30m -Lf9.5/38.8/40/60 -Dh -G200 -W0.25p \
       -Ia/0.5p -P > GMT_cassini.ps

Figure 5.22: Cassini map over Sardinia.

As with the previous projections, the user can choose between a rectangular boundary (used here) or a geographical (WESN) boundary.

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