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Definition of Conformal projection
1. Noun. A map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conformal Projection
Literary usage of Conformal projection
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. SAS/GRAPH 9.1 Reference by SAS Institute (2004)
"Figure 39.5 Albers' Projection The Northern Hemisphere Lambert's Conformal
Projection The Lambert's projection is obtained from a secant cone in the same ..."
2. The American Mathematical Monthly by Mathematical Association of America (1922)
"... continents and oceans; Lambert projection of the northern and southern
hemispheres; conformal projection of the sphere within a two-cusped epicycloid; ..."
3. General Theory of Polyconic Projections by Oscar Sherman Adams, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1919)
"conformal projection in which the meridians and parallels were both represented
by circular arcs. Since the projection is to be conformal, we can express it ..."
4. Special Publications by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1918)
"Certain points in a conformal projection may be singular points at which the
conformality fails. This is the condition at the pole in the Lambert conformal ..."
5. Geodesy: Including Astronomical Observations, Gravity Measurements, and by George Leonard Hosmer (1919)
"... 136, 235 Condition equations, 294 Conditions in a figure, 7, 9, 296 Conformal
projection, 272 Conic projection, 272 Constant error, 281 Convergence, ..."
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