parallel projection
41Mollweide projection — of the world …
42Robinson projection — of the world …
43Gall-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… …
44Mercator projection — of the world between 82°S and 82°N. Mercator world …
45cylindrical projections/cylindrical equal-area map projection — A cylindrical map projection onto a cylinder tangent to a sphere, showing the geographic meridians as a family of equal spaced parallel straight lines perpendicular to a second family of parallel straight lines. They represent the geographic… …
46polyconic projection — noun a conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe • Hypernyms: ↑conic projection, ↑conical projection * * * noun : a map projection based on the development of a series of concentric cones… …
47Transverse Mercator projection — The transverse Mercator projection is an adaptation of the Mercator projection. Both projections are cylindrical and conformal. However, in the transverse Mercator, the cylinder is rotated 90° (transverse) relative to the equator so that the… …
48conic projection — noun a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth s poles • Syn: ↑conical projection • Hypernyms: ↑map projection • Hyponyms: ↑polyconic projection * * * noun …
49Planar projection — Planar projections are the subset of 3D graphical projections constructed by linearly mapping points in three dimensional space to points on a two dimensional projection plane. The projected point on the plane is chosen such that it is collinear… …
50Horizontal projection — Horizontal Hor i*zon tal, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. Horizontal misty air. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. [1913 Webster] 3. Measured or… …
