Indicatrix may refer to: Dupin indicatrix, a conic section which describes the local shape of a surface Tissot's indicatrix, which describes and visualizes...

In cartography, a Tissot's indicatrix (Tissot indicatrix, Tissot's ellipse, Tissot ellipse, ellipse of distortion) (plural: "Tissot's indicatrices") is...

In differential geometry, the Dupin indicatrix is a method for characterising the local shape of a surface. Draw a plane parallel to the tangent plane...

In differential geometry, the tangent indicatrix of a closed space curve is a curve on the unit sphere intimately related to the curvature of the original...

varies noticeably, it can be accounted for as the scale factor. Tissot's indicatrix is often used to illustrate the variation of point scale across a map...

against their measures of distortion, producing minimal distance, Tissot indicatrix ellipticity and area errors, and the least skew of any of the projections...

of showing the distortion in projections. Like Tissot's indicatrix, the Goldberg-Gott indicatrix is based on infinitesimals, and depicts flexion and skewness...

Stenotrophomonas indicatrix is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and none-spore-forming bacterium from the genus of Stenotrophomonas which has been isolated...

In crystal optics, the index ellipsoid (also known as the optical indicatrix or sometimes as the dielectric ellipsoid) is a geometric construction which...

of showing the distortion inherent in a projection is to use Tissot's indicatrix. Nicolas Tissot noted that the scale factors at a point on a map projection...

directions are the same as the asymptotes of the hyperbola of the Dupin indicatrix through a hyperbolic point, or the unique asymptote through a parabolic...

Tissot indicatrix on Goode homolosine projection, 15° graticule....

Dymaxion projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation...

orientations in equal quantities because the intermediate axis (y) of the indicatrix is roughly parallel to the elongation of the fibers along the crystallographic...

The Waterman projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation...

See also Interruption (map projection) Latitude Longitude Tissot's indicatrix Map projection of the tri-axial ellipsoid...

packing Spherical coordinates Spherical cow Spherical helix, tangent indicatrix of a curve of constant precession Spherical polyhedron Sphericity Tennis...

The Albers projection with standard parallels 15°N and 45°N, with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation...

Tissot's indicatrix applied to the azimuthal equidistant projection...

is the turning number of the stereographic projection of its tangent indicatrix. Its two values correspond to the two non-degenerate homotopy classes...

concurrent lines associated with any triangle Jacobi's theorem on the normal indicatrix, in differential geometry Jacobi's theorem on conjugate points, in differential...

of the distortion that occurs on map projections. He devised Tissot's indicatrix, or distortion circle, which when plotted on a map will appear as an ellipse...

The Robinson projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation...

the plate can be used to distinguish the orientation of the optical indicatrix relative to crystal elongation – that is, whether the mineral is "length...

The Aitoff projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation...

north of 30°S. 15° graticule. The stereographic projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation. The stereographic is the only projection that maps all...

The orthographic projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation....

The Van der Grinten projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation...

Equal Earth projection distortion, using the Tissot indicatrix at 10° intervals....

Equirectangular projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation and with the standard parallels lying on the equator...