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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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  • projection from Oblique Mercator projection for satellite orbits with the Earth rotation within near conformality) Lambert conformal conic projection...
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  • equal-area projection (preserves areas) Lambert conformal conic projection (preserves angles, commonly used in aviation navigation maps) Lambert equal-area...
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    Roussilhe Lambert conformal conic Peirce quincuncial projection Adams hemisphere-in-a-square projection Guyou hemisphere-in-a-square projection Equal-area...
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  • Thumbnail for Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection
    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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  • Thumbnail for Albers projection
    The Albers equal-area conic projection, or Albers projection (named after Heinrich C. Albers), is a conic, equal area map projection that uses two standard...
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  • to equator), regularly spaced along parallels. Conic In normal aspect, conic (or conical) projections map meridians as straight lines, and parallels as...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Mercator projection
    The Mercator projection (/mərˈkeɪtər/) is a conformal cylindrical map projection first presented by Flemish geographer and mapmaker Gerardus Mercator...
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    icosahedron. Fuller projection Dymaxion-like conformal projection Comparison of the Fuller projection and Strebe's Dymaxion-like conformal projection with Tissot's...
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  • Thumbnail for Transverse Mercator projection
    opposed to 6° in UTM. The projection is conformal with a constant scale on the central meridian. (There are other conformal generalisations of the transverse...
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  • Thumbnail for Stereographic projection
    except the center of projection to the entire plane. It maps circles on the sphere to circles or lines on the plane, and is conformal, meaning that it preserves...
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  • either a transverse Mercator projection or a Lambert conformal conic projection. The choice between the two map projections is based on the shape of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Equidistant conic projection
    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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  • Thumbnail for Gall–Peters projection
    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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  • Thumbnail for Natural Earth projection
    Natural Earth projection is a pseudocylindrical map projection designed by Tom Patterson and introduced in 2008. It is neither conformal nor equal-area...
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  • (compiler), Local C Compiler or Little C Compiler Lambert conformal conic projection, map projection Landscape conservation cooperatives, a network of...
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  • Thumbnail for Stereographic map projection
    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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  • Thumbnail for Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection
    The Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection is a particular mapping from a sphere to a disk. It accurately represents area in all regions of the sphere...
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    Grid, US Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system Lambert conformal conic projection International mapcode system Military Grid Reference System...
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  • Thumbnail for Johann Heinrich Lambert
    (1972)). Lambert did not give names to any of his projections but they are now known as: Lambert conformal conic Transverse Mercator Lambert azimuthal...
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  • Thumbnail for Peirce quincuncial projection
    The Peirce quincuncial projection is the conformal map projection from the sphere to an unfolded square dihedron, developed by Charles Sanders Peirce in...
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    of map projections Lee conformal world in a tetrahedron, another tetrahedral projection, 1965 Dymaxion map, 1943 Peirce quincuncial projection, 1879 Polyhedral...
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  • Thumbnail for Gnomonic projection
    to only one meridian, indicating that the projection is not conformal. Other parallels are depicted as conic sections. Fig 1. A great circle projects to...
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  • Thumbnail for Mollweide projection
    known as the Babinet projection, homalographic projection, homolographic projection, and elliptical projection. The projection trades accuracy of angle...
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  • Thumbnail for Robinson projection
    of land masses as they near the poles". The Robinson projection is neither equal-area nor conformal, abandoning both for a compromise. The creator felt...
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  • Thumbnail for Central cylindrical projection
    the projected meridians and unrolled into a flat map. The projection is neither conformal nor equal-area. Distortion increases so rapidly away from the...
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  • Thumbnail for Gall stereographic projection
    Gall stereographic projection, presented by James Gall in 1855, is a cylindrical projection. It is neither equal-area nor conformal but instead tries to...
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  • Thumbnail for Werner projection
    The Werner projection is a pseudoconic equal-area map projection sometimes called the Stab-Werner or Stabius-Werner projection. Like other heart-shaped...
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    Korea showing the country's missile range. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection List of map projections Modern flat Earth beliefs SNYDER, John P. (1997)...
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