- conical map projection
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conical map projection
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Map projection — A medieval depiction of the Ecumene (1482, Johannes Schnitzer, engraver), constructed after the coordinates in Ptolemy s Geography and using his second map projection A map projection is any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other … Wikipedia
map projection — noun a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude • Hypernyms: ↑projection • Hyponyms: ↑conformal projection, ↑orthomorphic projection, ↑conic projection, ↑conical projection, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Bonne map projection — A modified equal area map projection of the conical type having lines representing a standard parallel and a central meridian intersecting near the center of the map. The line representing the central meridian (geographic) is straight, and the… … Aviation dictionary
Lambert conformal conic map projection — A conformal map projection of the so called conical type, on which all geographic meridians are represented by straight lines that meet in a common point outside the limits of the map, and the geographic parallels are represented by a series of… … Aviation dictionary
conical projections — A map projection produced by projecting the geographic meridians and parallels onto a cone that is tangent to (or intersects with) the surface of a sphere and then developing the cone into a plane. Conic map projections include cylindrical map… … Aviation dictionary
conical projection — noun a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth s poles • Syn: ↑conic projection • Hypernyms: ↑map projection • Hyponyms: ↑polyconic projection … Useful english dictionary
conical projection — /ˌkɒnɪkəl prəˈdʒɛkʃən/ (say .konikuhl pruh jekshuhn) noun a map projection based on the concept of projecting the earth s surface on a conical surface, which is then unrolled to a plane surface. Also, conic projection …
conical projection — noun a map projection in which an area of the earth is projected on to a cone … English new terms dictionary
Polyconic projection — A polyconic projection is a conical map projection. The projection stems from rolling a cone tangent to the Earth at all parallels of latitude, instead of a single cone in a normal conic projection. Each parallel is a circular arc of true scale.… … Wikipedia
Map — (m[a^]p), n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; a Punic word. Cf. {Apron}, {Napkin}, {Nappe}.] 1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Map lichen — Map Map (m[a^]p), n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; a Punic word. Cf. {Apron}, {Napkin}, {Nappe}.] 1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
