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Orthographic Clipping

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The above grid demonstrates an orthographic azimuthal projection. The lines are at uniform 10º increments of latitude and longitude.

Part 2 of 3.

  1. Orthographic Grid
  2. Orthographic Clipping
  3. Orthographic Shading

To see this technique applied to real geographic features, see the Spinny Globe example.

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