<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2002-2-1 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>6.2.2.2 Rectangular stereographic map</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="6.2.2.2 Rectangular stereographic map"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="GMT_Docs"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2002-2-1"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="GMT_Docs.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node98.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node96.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node95.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node98.html"> </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="#ffffff"> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html3978" HREF="node98.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3972" HREF="node95.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3966" HREF="node96.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3974" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3976" HREF="node256.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3979" HREF="node98.html">6.2.2.3 General stereographic map</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3973" HREF="node95.html">6.2.2 Stereographic Equal-Angle projection</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3967" HREF="node96.html">6.2.2.1 Polar Stereographic Map</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html3975" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html3977" HREF="node256.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION001422200000000000000"></A> <A NAME="21833"></A> <BR> 6.2.2.2 Rectangular stereographic map </H3> <P> As with Lambert's azimuthal equal-area projection we have the option to use rectangular boundaries rather than the wedge-shape typically associated with polar projections. This choice is defined by selecting two points as corners in the rectangle and appending an ``r'' to the <B>-R</B> option. This command produces a map as presented in Figure <A HREF="#fig:GMT_stereographic_rect">6.9</A>: <P> <BR CLEAR="ALL"> <HR> <BR> <PRE>gmtset OBLIQUE_ANNOTATION 30 pscoast -R-25/59/70/72r -JS10/90/11c -B30g10/5g5 -Dl -A250 -Glightgray -Wthinnest -P \ > GMT_stereographic_rect.ps </PRE> <BR CLEAR="ALL"> <HR> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><A NAME="fig:GMT_stereographic_rect"></A><A NAME="22793"></A> <TABLE> <CAPTION ALIGN="BOTTOM"><STRONG>Figure 6.9:</STRONG> Polar stereographic conformal projection with rectangular borders.</CAPTION> <TR><TD> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG WIDTH="577" HEIGHT="308" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" SRC="img130.png" ALT="\includegraphics{scripts/GMT_stereographic_rect}"></DIV></TD></TR> </TABLE> </DIV> <P> <HR> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html3978" HREF="node98.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3972" HREF="node95.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3966" HREF="node96.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3974" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3976" HREF="node256.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3979" HREF="node98.html">6.2.2.3 General stereographic map</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3973" HREF="node95.html">6.2.2 Stereographic Equal-Angle projection</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3967" HREF="node96.html">6.2.2.1 Polar Stereographic Map</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html3975" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html3977" HREF="node256.html">Index</A></B> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <ADDRESS> Paul Wessel 2010-07-14 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>