Orthographic

The Orthographic projection closely resembles a globe in appearance, since it is a perspective projection from infinite distance. Only one hemisphere can be shown at a time. This projection is used chiefly for pictorial views and is used only in spherical form.

The "Orthographic" projection has the following parameters:

  • Spherical Radius

  • False Northing

  • False Easting

  • Longitude of natural origin

  • Latitude of natural origin

Note: Only a spherical form of this projection is used. The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid will be used as the radius of the sphere.