NOUN | artifact | map projection | a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines ... / lines of latitude and longitude |
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Meaning | A projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines ... / lines of latitude and longitude. | |
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Narrower | Mercator projection, Mercator's projection | A map projection of the earth onto a cylinder |
conformal projection, orthomorphic projection | A map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape | |
conic projection, conical projection | A map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles | |
equal-area projection, equal-area map projection | A map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe | |
Broader | projection | The representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction |
Catalan | projecció cartogràfica |
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