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The Behrmann projection with Tissot's indicatrices The Mercator projection with Tissot's indicatrices. In cartography, a Tissot's indicatrix (Tissot indicatrix, Tissot's ellipse, Tissot ellipse, ellipse of distortion) (plural: "Tissot's indicatrices") is a mathematical contrivance presented by French mathematician Nicolas Auguste Tissot in 1859 and 1871 in order to characterize local ...
In the book, Tissot argued for his method, reportedly demonstrating that "whatever the system of transformation, there is at each point on the spherical surface at least one pair of orthogonal directions which will also be orthogonal on the projection." [5] Tissot employed a graphical device he called the ellipse indicatrice or distortion ...
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Short title: Robinson map of the world – coastlines, graticule, and indicatrices: Image title: A map of the world, showing all landmasses with 10° graticule and Tissot's indicatrices of diameter 1,000 km and spacing 30°.
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A map of the world, showing all landmasses with 10° graticule and Tissot's indicatrices of diameter 1,000 km and spacing 30°. Coastlines precise to 110 km.