#1671: projections, urbanism, perspective
, last check: Wed, 06 May 2026. Post history
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projections
G.Projector is an application made with Java that transforms an image of a map to any of the 200 global and regional projections and you can add grid lines longitude-latitude and continental contours
via @vehrka
https://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/gprojector/ -
urbanism
"Breaking with the spatial-cycle model: the shift towards ‘syncurbanization’ in polycentric urban regions" criticizes the original spatial cycle model (SCM) that suggests repeating stages of urbanization, suburbanization, deurbanization and redevelopment
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2021.1969008 -
perspective
In "TRANSPARENT TERRITORY" the artist Gerhard Marx continues his research on the formal and fictitious possibilities of perspective by breaking the flat surface of the map to create a series of optical riddles or Escherian landscapes
https://gerhardmarx.co.za/Transparent-Territory
Raf