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Summary

Description Comparison between different types of latitude (common, reduced, authalic, rectifying, conformal, geocentric) that shows the difference from the common latitude
Date 16 August 2006
Source Own work with the help of gnuplot
Author User:Cburnett
Permission
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Source

The following gnuplot code is released under the GPL:

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set term png small notransparent
set output "Types of latitude difference.png"

set title "Types of Latitude"
set xlabel "Common Latitude (Degrees)"
set xtics nomirror 0,5,90
set xrange [-1:91]

set ylabel "Difference from Common Latitude (Minutes)"
set ytics nomirror 0,1,12
set yrange [-1:13]

set size 0.8,0.8

set key left top

plot \
    "data_difference.dat" using 1:2 title 'Common', \
    "data_difference.dat" using 1:3 title 'Reduced', \
    "data_difference.dat" using 1:4 title 'Authalic', \
    "data_difference.dat" using 1:5 title 'Rectifying', \
    "data_difference.dat" using 1:6 title 'Conformal', \
    "data_difference.dat" using 1:7 title 'Geocentric'


Source data

The following data was taken from and saved in data_difference.dat:

0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00
5.00    0.00    1.01    1.35    1.52    2.02    2.02
10.00   0.00    1.99    2.66    2.99    3.98    3.98
15.00   0.00    2.91    3.89    4.37    5.82    5.82
20.00   0.00    3.75    5.00    5.62    7.48    7.48
25.00   0.00    4.47    5.96    6.70    8.92    8.92
30.00   0.00    5.05    6.73    7.57    10.09   10.09
35.00   0.00    5.48    7.31    8.22    10.95   10.96
40.00   0.00    5.75    7.66    8.62    11.48   11.49
45.00   0.00    5.84    7.78    8.76    11.67   11.67
50.00   0.00    5.75    7.67    8.63    11.50   11.50
55.00   0.00    5.49    7.32    8.23    10.97   10.98
60.00   0.00    5.06    6.75    7.59    10.12   10.13
65.00   0.00    4.48    5.97    6.72    8.95    8.96
70.00   0.00    3.76    5.01    5.64    7.52    7.52
75.00   0.00    2.92    3.90    4.39    5.85    5.85
80.00   0.00    2.00    2.67    3.00    4.00    4.01
85.00   0.00    1.02    1.35    1.52    2.03    2.03
90.00   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00

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