Stereographic map projection
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stereographic-map-projection-171-13545531
title:
Stereographic map projection
text:
The stereographic projection, also known as the planisphere projection or the azimuthal conformal projection, is a conformal map projection whose use dates back to antiquity. Like the orthographic projection and gnomonic projection, the stereographic projection is an azimuthal projection, and when on a sphere, also a perspective projection. On an ellipsoid, the perspective definition of the stereographic projection is not conformal, and adjustments must be made to preserve its azimuthal and conf
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of conformal map projection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereographic_map_projection
date created:
2013-05-09T14:16:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T11:44:08Z
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