Azimuthal Equidistant  Projection
Channel: GEOfumadas - Recursos para CAD - GIS - BIM
Date: 2023-01-11

The azimuthal equidistant projection is an azimuthal map projection. It has the useful properties that all points on the map are at proportionally correct distances from the center point, and that all points on the map are at the correct azimuth (direction) from the center point. A useful application for this type of projection is a polar projection which shows all meridians (lines of longitude) as straight, with distances from the pole represented correctly. The flag of the United Nations contains an example of a polar azimuthal equidistant projection.

This projection is used by the flat-Earth proposal, based in the Gleason's globe projection.