Patent ID: 8172575

Claim:
A map of a predetermined area of an actual three-dimensional generally spherical geographical surface, said map being arranged in an Azimuthal Equidistant Hemispheric projection and comprising: a depiction of one hemisphere of said geographical surface, the center of said hemisphere being a predetermined point on said geographical surface, and a depiction of the opposing hemisphere of said geographical surface, said opposing hemisphere comprising two or more separate parts, said two or more separate parts of said opposing hemisphere positioned adjacent separate portions on the border of said depiction of one hemisphere so as to form two or more separate junctions, or two or more tangent points, between said one hemisphere and each of said parts of said opposing hemisphere, said two or more separate parts of said opposing hemisphere being positioned so that the geographical areas depicted adjacent each side of each junction represent adjacent parts of said actual geographical surface, whereby a map of said predetermined area in an Azimuthal Equidistant projection with reduced distortion will be produced so that said predetermined area can be seen whole at one look and so that a point of interest in predetermined area can be placed at the center of said map.