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4081 | projection: conformal | A PROJECTION in which all angles around any point are correctly represented. In such a PROJECTION the SCALE is the same in all DIRECTIONS ab... more |
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4082 | projection: conic (or conical) | A PROJECTION produced by projecting the GEOGRAPHIC MERIDIANS and PARALLELS onto a cone which is tangent to (or intersects) the surface of a... more |
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4083 | projection: cylindrical | A PROJECTION produced by projecting the GEOGRAPHICAL MERIDIANS and PARALLELS onto a cylinder which is tangent to (or intersects) the surfa... more |
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4084 | projection: equal area | A PROJECTION having a constant area scale. Such a PROJECTION is not conformal and is not used for NAVIGATION. Also called equivalent projec... more |
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4085 | projection: equivalent | See PROJECTION: EQUAL AREA. |
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4086 | projection: geometric | See PROJECTION: PERSPECTIVE. |
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4087 | projection: gnomonic | A PERSPECTIVE PROJECTION on a plane tangent to the surface of a sphere having the point of projection at the centre of the sphere. The PROJE... more |
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4088 | projection: inverse Mercator | The name given to the TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION when the latter is extended right over both POLES. It is used for air charts of polar ... more |
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4089 | projection: Lambert conformal conic | A CONFORMAL PROJECTION of the conical type, on which all GEOGRAPHIC MERIDIANS are represented by straight lines which meet in a common po... more |
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4090 | projection: Mercator | A CONFORMAL PROJECTION of the cylindrical type. The EQUATOR is represented by a straight line true to SCALE; the GEOGRAPHIC MERIDIANS are re... more |
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4091 | projection: meridional orthographic | An ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION having the plane of the projection parallel to the plane of some selected MERIDIAN; in this PROJECTION, the GEO... more |
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4092 | projection: orthographic | A perspective azimuthal PROJECTION in which the projecting lines, emanating from a point at infinity, are perpendicular to a tangent plane.... more |
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4093 | projection: orthomorphic | See PROJECTION: CONFORMAL. |
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4094 | projection: perspective | The representation of a figure on a surface, either plane or curved, by means of projecting lines emanating from a single point, which may ... more |
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4095 | projection: polar orthographic | An ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION having the plane of the projection perpendicular to the AXIS of ROTATION of the EARTH (parallel with the plane ... more |
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4096 | projection: polyconic | A PROJECTION having the central GEOGRAPHIC MERIDIAN represented by a straight line, along which the spacing for lines representing the GEOG... more |
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4097 | projection: skewed | Any standard PROJECTION used in MAP or CHART construction, which does not conform to a general north-south format with relation to the NEAT ... more |
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4098 | projection: stereographic | A PERSPECTIVE PROJECTION having the point of PROJECTION at the opposite end of the diameter of the sphere from the point of tangency of the ... more |
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4099 | projection: stereographic horizontal | See PROJECTION: STEREOGRAPHIC. |
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4100 | projection: stereographic meridional | See PROJECTION: STEREOGRAPHIC. |