The equidistant conic projection is a conic map projection commonly used for maps of small countries as well as for larger regions such as the continental...
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distances along all other parallels are stretched. Conic projections that are commonly used are: Equidistant conic, which keeps parallels evenly spaced along...
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Azimuthal equidistant projection maps The azimuthal equidistant projection is an azimuthal map projection. It has the useful properties that all points...
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p. 249. ISBN 978-0-8493-8169-0. Furuti, Carlos A. "Conic Projections: Equidistant Conic Projections". Archived from the original on November 30, 2012....
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A Lambert conformal conic projection (LCC) is a conic map projection used for aeronautical charts, portions of the State Plane Coordinate System, and many...
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two-point equidistant projection maps a family of confocal spherical conics onto two families of planar ellipses and hyperbolas. The projection has been...
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to a pair of specified points, the two-point equidistant projection maps the family of confocal conics on the sphere onto two families of confocal ellipses...
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The Albers equal-area conic projection, or Albers projection, is a conic, equal area map projection that uses two standard parallels. Although scale and...
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A conic section, conic or a quadratic curve is a curve obtained from a cone's surface intersecting a plane. The three types of conic section are the hyperbola...
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within near conformality) Lambert conformal conic projection Oblique conformal conic projection (This projection is sometimes used for long-shaped regions...
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some projections that preserve area: Azimuthal Lambert azimuthal equal-area Wiechel (pseudoazimuthal) Conic Albers Lambert equal-area conic projection Pseudoconical...
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equal-area projection instead of Aitoff's use of the azimuthal equidistant projection: x = laea x ( λ 2 , φ ) y = 1 2 laea y ( λ 2 , φ ) {\displaystyle...
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stretched vertically. This projection is not equidistant. List of map projections "Behrmann: Compare Map Projections". map-projections.net. Retrieved 2024-01-19...
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Aitoff projection is a modified azimuthal map projection proposed by David A. Aitoff in 1889. Based on the equatorial form of the azimuthal equidistant projection...
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The equirectangular projection (also called the equidistant cylindrical projection or la carte parallélogrammatique projection), and which includes the...
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gnomonic projection, also known as a central projection or rectilinear projection, is a perspective projection of a sphere, with center of projection at the...
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Earth at all parallels of latitude. This generalizes the concept of a conic projection, which uses a single cone to project the globe onto. By using this...
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List of map projections Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection Lambert conformal conic projection Snyder, John Parr (1987). Map Projections: a Working...
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Mercator projection was developed by John P. Snyder. Equidistant map projections of a triaxial ellipsoid were developed by Paweł Pędzich. Conic Projections of...
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Dymaxion map (redirect from Dymaxion projection)
The Dymaxion map projection, also called the Fuller projection, is a kind of polyhedral map projection of the Earth's surface onto the unfolded net of...
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The Robinson projection is a map projection of a world map that shows the entire world at once. It was specifically created in an attempt to find a good...
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and Apollonius's Conics (c. 200 BC) contains a theorem which is crucial in proving the property that the stereographic projection maps circles to circles...
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scale. An example of the use of the rectifying latitude is the equidistant conic projection. (Snyder, Section 16). The rectifying latitude is also of great...
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Goode homolosine projection (or interrupted Goode homolosine projection) is a pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite map projection used for world maps...
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B }. The term generalized conic is used to denote a general equidistant set. Classical conics can be realized as equidistant sets. For example, if A is...
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trimetric projection is difficult to distinguish visually from the Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centered on the same area. Two-point equidistant projection...
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The Gall–Peters projection is a rectangular, equal-area map projection. Like all equal-area projections, it distorts most shapes. It is a cylindrical...
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and uniformity in military conflict." The final form of the equidistant conic projection was constructed by the French astronomer Joseph-Nicolas Delisle...
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stereographic projection, also known as the planisphere projection or the azimuthal conformal projection, is a conformal map projection whose use dates...
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Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. List of map projections Azimuthal equidistant projection European grid Hammer projection Mulcahy, Karen. "Lambert...
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