Map projection
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map-projection-167-14647459
title:
Map projection
text:
In cartography, a map projection is any of a broad set of transformations employed to represent the curved two-dimensional surface of a globe on a plane. In a map projection, coordinates, often expressed as latitude and longitude, of locations from the surface of the globe are transformed to coordinates on a plane.
Projection is a necessary step in creating a two-dimensional map and is one of the essential elements of cartography. All projections of a sphere on a plane necessarily distort the su
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Systematic representation of the surface of a sphere or ellipsoid onto a plane
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection
date created:
2002-05-09T20:40:27Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T14:24:58Z
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