Definition

A CONFORMAL PRO­JEC­TION of the conical type, on which all GEOGRAPHIC MERI­DIANS are represented by straight lines which meet in a common point outside the limits of the MAP, and the GEOGRAPHIC PARALLELS are represented by a series of arcs of circles having this common point for a centre. MERIDIANS and PARALLELS intersect at right angles, and angles on the EARTH are correctly repre­sented on the PROJECTION. This PROJECTION may have one or two STAN­DARD PARALLELS along which the SCALE is held exact.