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The Gnomonic projection is projecting the surface of a sphere from the center to a tangent plane.
The Gnomonic projection is projecting from the center of a sphere to a tangent plane.
Node that this projection can not visualize more than the surface of a hemisphere.
Node that this projection can not visualize more than the surface of a hemisphere.
Visualizing a hemisphere would require an infinitely large plane.
Visualizing a hemisphere would require an infinitely large plane.