PlateCaree

Description

Name

class Tinman.Projection.PlateCaree

Derived from

Tinman.Projection

The following figure shows the mapping between latitude/longitude values and map coordinates:

90°N 180°W                     90°N 180°E
(0|0)                               (w|0)     <- sample coordinates (pixel-is-point)
    \  0   1   2   3   4   5  ... w-1 /       <- sample coordinates (pixel-is-area)
    (#)--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--(#)
   0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+        * := map sample (pixel-is-area)
   1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |        + := map sample (pixel-is-point)
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  ...| * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |        w := raster width  (here: 8)
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+        h := raster height (here: 4)
  h-1| * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
    (#)--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--(#)
    /                                 \
(0|h)                              (w|h)     <- map coordinates (pixel-is-point)
90°S 180°W                    90°S 180°E

Chapter 1.3.14.2 Pseudo Plate Caree,
OGP Publication 373-7-2 - Geomatics Guidance Note number 7, part 2 - July 2012,
available for download at: https://www.epsg.org.

Fields / Optional

longitude

Type

number

Default

-180

Longitude of left map border, in degrees.


latitudeTop

Type

number

Default

90

Latitude of top map border, in degrees (-90 is south, +90 is north).


latitudeBottom

Type

number

Default

-90

Latitude of bottom map border, in degrees (-90 is south, +90 is north).