From 54b0a7fa57083ca7f76c6de25f27b898fdd6d408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Yvonne=20Fr=C3=B6hlich?= <94163266+yvonnefroehlich@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 16:01:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Fix typos in cylindrical projection examples (#2035) --- examples/projections/cyl/cyl_oblique_mercator_3.py | 2 +- .../cyl/cyl_universal_transverse_mercator.py | 10 +++++----- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/examples/projections/cyl/cyl_oblique_mercator_3.py b/examples/projections/cyl/cyl_oblique_mercator_3.py index a3fc859459f..2bf8fc5f5be 100644 --- a/examples/projections/cyl/cyl_oblique_mercator_3.py +++ b/examples/projections/cyl/cyl_oblique_mercator_3.py @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import pygmt fig = pygmt.Figure() -# Using the origin projection pole +# Using the origin and projection pole fig.coast( projection="Oc280/25.5/22/69/12c", # Set bottom left and top right coordinates of the figure with "+r" diff --git a/examples/projections/cyl/cyl_universal_transverse_mercator.py b/examples/projections/cyl/cyl_universal_transverse_mercator.py index 8384b72df07..40fe4c03e4d 100644 --- a/examples/projections/cyl/cyl_universal_transverse_mercator.py +++ b/examples/projections/cyl/cyl_universal_transverse_mercator.py @@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ A particular subset of the transverse Mercator is the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) which was adopted by the US Army for large-scale military maps. Here, the globe is divided into 60 zones between 84°S and 84°N, most of which -are 6 wide. Each of these UTM zones have their unique central meridian. -Furthermore, each zone is divided into latitude bands but these are not needed -to specify the projection for most cases. +are 6° (in longitude) wide. Each of these UTM zones have their unique central +meridian. Furthermore, each zone is divided into latitude bands but these are +not needed to specify the projection for most cases. In order to minimize the distortion in any given zone, a scale factor of 0.9996 has been factored into the formulae. This makes the UTM projection a secant projection and not a tangent projection like the transverse Mercator above. The scale only varies by 1 part in 1,000 from true scale at equator. The ellipsoidal projection expressions are accurate for map areas that extend less -than 10 away from the central meridian. +than 10° away from the central meridian. **u**\ *zone/scale* or **U**\ *zone/width* -the projection is set with **u** or **U**. *zone* sets the zone for the figure, +The projection is set with **u** or **U**. *zone* sets the zone for the figure, and the figure size is set with *scale* or *width*. """ import pygmt