Book review
The Most Suitable Map Projections for Creating Globes and Artificial Intelligence
Nedjeljko Frančula
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Geodesy, Kačićeva 26, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Miljenko Lapaine
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Geodesy, Kačićeva 26, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
According to Huck (2024), the most suitable map projection for creating the meridian segments (e.g. 12) from which the globe is assembled is the Cassini projection, i.e. the equidistant transverse cylindrical projection, with the note that this should not be interpreted as a “universal” best projection, as this may not be valid for other globe configurations or weighting schemes. If a larger number of segments is used, the polyconic projection is comparable. When creating a globe using meridian segments, there is a high concentration of paper joints at each pole. For aesthetic reasons, these joints are covered with polar caps or calotte. The equidistant azimuthal projection is the most suitable for creating calotte (Huck 2024).
We were interested in what artificial intelligence knows about how to make a globe. So we asked ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Grok, Perplexity, and Gemini on the question.
Keywords
ChatGPT; DeepSeek; Grok; Perplexity; Gemini; Map Projections; Globes
Hrčak ID:
334810
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Publication date:
2.6.2025.
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