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- From: ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman)
- Subject: Re: "map" of USA
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- References: <19692.2b617217@ecs.umass.edu> <1993Jan24.154526.24491@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:32:14 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.154526.24491@zip.eecs.umich.edu> kanad@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Kanad Chakraborty) writes:
- >In article <19692.2b617217@ecs.umass.edu> padmanab@ecs.umass.edu writes:
- >>Suppose you have two maps of USA of different
- >>scales. Now you place the smaller map inside
- >>the bigger map such that it falls completely
- >>within it.
- >
- >This is possible only if you don't include Alaska and Hawaii, and
- >consider only the continental landmass that lies between Canada and
- >Mexico.
-
- Why? Let one map be, say, a mile across, and the other about a foot across. The
- second map will probably fit entirely within, say, Nebraska on the large map.
-
- >>Condider each point on the map to be a distinct
- >>city!!
- >>
- >>QUESTION: Are there any city/cities on the
- >>smaller map which will coincide with the
- >>city/cities on the bigger map? If so why?
- >
- >Yes, if the larger map can be regarded as a projection of the smaller one
- >-- this causes the point of projection to represent the same city in both
- >maps. (Assumption : Alaska and Hawaii have not been considered.)
-
- No special assumptions are needed. It does no harm if you decide to place the
- small map within Alaska or Hawaii on the large map.
-
- Pick a city a1 on the large map, and find the corresponding city b1 on the
- small map. Since the small map lies within the large map, b1 overlies a point
- (city) a2 on the large map, which corresponds to a point b2 on the small map.
- Continuing the process, we arrive at a sequence of points a1, a2, a3, ... on
- the large map, and a corresponding sequence b1, b2, b3, ... on the small map.
- It is not hard to show that the sequences converge to a point (city) that
- is a fixed point of the mapping. As long as the scales differ, the fixed point
- is unique.
-
- --
- Dave Seaman
- ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu
-