Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) is used to measure crystal orientations from crystalline samples. EBSD allows for the measurement of 1) crystallographic texture, 2) grain orientation, 3) grain shape, and 4) local deformation structure from extremely rich data sets. Establishing consistent coordinate frames between the sample, crystal structure, and diffraction pattern is important for confident use of EBSD orientation data. A natural choice is the gnomonic projection, which transforms polar angles into radial distances measured from the pattern center. This defines a two-dimensional gnomonic coordinate system on the detection plane.