cartographic projection
1Projection de Ptolémée — Géographie (Ptolémée) La Géographie ou Manuel de géographie (en grec ancien Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, latinisé en Geographike Hyphegesis, en latin Geographia ou anciennement Cosmographia) est un traité rédigé par Ptolémée vers l an 150. Cette… …
2Roussilhe oblique stereographic projection — The Roussilhe oblique stereographic projection is a mapping projection developed by Henri Roussilhe in 1922. The projection uses a truncated series to approximate an oblique stereographic projection for the ellipsoid. The projection received some …
3polar projection — noun : a cartographic projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles …
4azimuthal equidistant projection — azimuth′al equidis′tant projec′tion n. geo a cartographic projection in which the shortest distance between any point and a central point is a straight line, such a line representing a great circle through the central point • Etymology: 1940–45 …
5Gall-Peters projection — The Gall Peters projection is one specialization of a configurable equal area map projection known as the equal area cylindric or cylindric equal area projection. The Gall Peters achieved considerable notoriety in the late 20th century as the… …
6Map 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 …
7Orthographic projection (cartography) — Orthographic projection (equatorial aspect) of eastern hemisphere 30W–150E An orthographic projection is a map projection of cartography. Like the stereographic projection and gnomonic projection, orthographic projection is a perspective (or… …
8Mercator projection — of the world between 82°S and 82°N. Mercator world …
9Orthographic projection — Part of a series on …
10Cylindrical equal-area projection — of the world; standard parallel at 40°N …
