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General Stereographic
This map projection is a conformal, azimuthal projection. It is mainly used with a projection center in one of the poles. Then meridians appear as straight lines and cross latitudes at a right angle. Unlike the azimuthal equidistant projection, the distances in this projection are not displayed in correct proportions. It is often used as a hemisphere map like the Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area projection.
slon0/lat0[/horizon]/scale or Slon0/lat0[/horizon]/width
The projection type is set with s or S. lon0/lat0 specifies the projection center, the optional horizon parameter specifies the maximum distance from projection center (in degrees, < 180, default 90), and the scale or width sets the size of the figure.
![azim general stereographic](../../_images/sphx_glr_azim_general_stereographic_001.png)
import pygmt
fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.coast(region=[4, 14, 52, 57], projection="S0/90/12c", frame="ag", land="gray")
fig.show()
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.193 seconds)