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Because there's a new runnable script in town.
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If you are not on Windows or are otherwise not fancy enough to deserve such executables, simply double-click on the .jar files in the main directory and, if you have [Java](https://java.com/en/download/) installed (10/10 would recommend), it should just run without any set-up.
## Features
There are three executable files and two other runnable Java scripts. These are:
There are three executable files and three other runnable Java scripts. These are, in order:
* MapDesignerRaster.jar – The original program. Create custom oblique raster images of the Earth's surface using a variety of algorithms called _projections_.
* MapDesignerVector.jar – The same idea, but working in vector images instead in case you want to cut a vinyl sticker or something.
* MapAnalyzer.jar – See graphs and figures quantifying the amount of scale and angular distortion present in each map projection.
* MapPlotter.java – Plot a large group of map projections by the amount of distortion they produce.
* MapOptimizer.java – Run gradient descent on parametric projections to minimize their distortion.
* `MapDesignerRaster.jar` – The original program. Create custom oblique raster images of the Earth's surface using a variety of algorithms called _projections_.
* `MapDesignerVector.jar` – The same idea, but working in vector images instead in case you want to cut a vinyl sticker or something.
* `MapAnalyzer.jar` – See graphs and figures quantifying the amount of scale and angular distortion present in each map projection.
* `MapPlotter.java` – Plot a large group of map projections by the amount of distortion they produce.
* `MapOptimizer.java` – Run gradient descent on parametric projections to minimize their distortion.
* `MapExplainer.java` – Generate an HTML blurb outlining and displaying every map projection.
The executable applications all have similar layouts that let you select an input equirectangular map, a projection, an aspect (where the North Pole is situated with respect to the projection), and parameters if applicable. Go crazy! There are a practically unlimited number of combinations.