Talk:Valeriepieris circle

Quah's circle should not be a circle in the provided projection


, This edit replaced an azimuthal equidistant with an orthographic projection. As Quah's circle is not centred on the projection, it should not appear as a circle on the projection, even ignoring the Earth ellipsoid.

Granted the previous azimuthal equidistant projection was a poor choice as it distorted the antipodal landmasses. Possible replacements are


 * Orthographic map projection: gives a "natural" view of Earth, but hides the far hemisphere.
 * Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection: Shows the entire Earth and lets the reader compare the area of the Quah circle with Earth's surface area, but distorts (though not as much as equidistant) antipodal landmasses

Additionally, a full-colour Blue-Marble-like rendering is more consistent stylewise with the original Winkel triple projection.

Would anyone have an opinion on this?

Thanks, cm&#610;&#671;ee&#9094;&#964;a&#671;&#954; 15:05, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I've rerendered the image using the Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection, as on the left.


 * An added benefit is that the fraction of the area of circle to that of the globe is equal to its equivalent on Earth.

cm&#610;&#671;ee&#9094;&#964;a&#671;&#954; 08:17, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Cheers,