Equidistant conic projection
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equidistant-conic-projection-170-14678657
title:
Equidistant conic projection
text:
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 United States that are elongated east-to-west. Also known as the simple conic projection, a rudimentary version was described during the 2nd century CE by the Greek astronomer and geographer Ptolemy in his work Geography. The projection has the useful property that distances along the meridians are proportionately correct, and distances are al
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Conic equidistant map projection
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equidistant_conic_projection
date created:
2010-09-26T07:38:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:01:05Z
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