Equirectangular projection
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equirectangular-projection-170-11493465
title:
Equirectangular projection
text:
The equirectangular projection, and which includes the special case of the plate carrée projection, is a simple map projection attributed to Marinus of Tyre, who Ptolemy claims invented the projection about AD 100. The projection maps meridians to vertical straight lines of constant spacing, and circles of latitude to horizontal straight lines of constant spacing. The projection is neither equal area nor conformal. Because of the distortions introduced by this projection, it has little use in na
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encyclopedia
description:
Cylindrical equidistant map projection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection
date created:
2005-04-21T15:57:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:01:45Z
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