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To me this looks like an orthographic projection rather than a stereographic projection, because the parallels of latitude do not get farther from each other as you move away from the north pole. And why does it show only the northern hemisphere? An orthographic projection would do that, but obviously a stereographic projection would not need to show just one hemisphere. And it would be clearer if it extended further south, because it would show more clearly how the scale changes as one gets further from the pole. Also, the diagonals of the "rectangles" shown should meet the equator at 45 degrees in a stereographic projection, since it's conformal (i.e., equal-angle). It doesn't look like that in this map. Michael Hardy 00:59, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

It seems OK. The distances between the rings increase outwardly. The rectangles are 15x30 degrees, therefore not square at the equator. I agree that extending it would be nice.--Patrick 03:33, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)

I removed the accuracy tag. It's not an orthographic projection. If it were, the latitude lines would appear closer toward the perimeter rather than being equally spaced. —Ben FrantzDale (talk) 01:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

from http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/

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