Talk:Craig retroazimuthal projection

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Who Craig was came from The Correct Qibla, and that's about all it was good for. It's an odd thing, pointing out a bunch of mistakes "everyone else" makes, dismisses Craig as distorted (which it is, but not as much as Hammer), and ends up advocating a projection (azimuthal equidistant) showing direction from Mecca as showing direction to Mecca!! (To get the direction to Mecca one would have to measure the angles formed by the radius with the graticule lines, and then try to account for nonconformality. It would not be my choice.) I guess you can be a member of ACM and NSF and still mess up. 142.177.125.172 21:57, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

However, there are those with even more need of Allah's guidance... If I were going to tunnel to Makkah from Halifax, I'd start at about 66° east of true north, and putz to the good flatlander Dr. 142.177.19.31 16:39, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Um. The retroazimuthal equidistant seems to be attributed to Ernst Hammer by some and A. R. Hinks by others. 142.177.19.31 02:57, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)