American polyconic projection
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american-polyconic-projection-232-6173716
title:
American polyconic projection
text:
In the cartography of the United States, the American polyconic projection is a map projection used for maps of the United States and its regions beginning early in the 19th century. It belongs to the polyconic projection class, which consists of map projections whose parallels are non-concentric circular arcs except for the equator, which is straight. Often the American polyconic is simply called the polyconic projection. The American polyconic projection was probably invented by Swiss-American
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description:
Map projection historically used for maps of the United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_polyconic_projection
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date modified:
2023-11-23T07:17:26Z
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