5.3.2.2 Rectangular Stereographic Map

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5.3.2.2 Rectangular Stereographic Map

As with Lambert's azimuthal equal-area projection we have the option to use rectangular boundaries rather than the wedge-shape typically associated with polar projections. This choice is defined by selecting two points as corners in the rectangle and appending an ``r'' to the -–R option. This command produces a map as presented in Figure 5.13:

#!/bin/sh
#    $Id: GMT_stereographic_rect.sh,v 1.1 2001/03/21 04:10:21 pwessel Exp $
#

gmtset DEGREE_FORMAT 1 OBLIQUE_ANOTATION 30
pscoast -R-25/59/70/72r -JS10/90/11c -B30g10/5g5 -Dl -A250 -G200 -W.25p -P > \
    GMT_stereographic_rect.ps

**Figure 5.13:** Polar stereographic conformal projection with rectangular borders.
$\begin{figure}\centering\epsfig{figure=eps/GMT_stereographic_rect.eps}\end{figure}$

Paul Wessel 2001-04-18