Definition of Orthomorphic projection

1. Noun. A map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape.

Exact synonyms: Conformal Projection
Generic synonyms: Map Projection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orthomorphic Projection

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Literary usage of Orthomorphic projection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Projections by Thomas Craig (1882)
"orthomorphic projection. Prom the most general point of view a projection may be defined as the representation of any given surface upon any other surface, ..."

2. Text Book of Topographical and Geographical Surveying by Charles Frederick Arden-Close (1905)
"Circular orthomorphic projection (Lagrange's). In this both meridians and parallels are represented by circular arcs. Wore interesting to the mathematician ..."

3. Theoretical and Practical Graphics: An Educational Course on the Theory and by Frederick Newton Willson (1898)
"... the resulting map the angles are preserved between any two curvilinear elements of the sphere; in other words, Mercator's is an orthomorphic projection. ..."

4. Circulars by Johns Hopkins University (1882)
"Article I. — orthomorphic projection of an Ellipsoid upon a Sphere. By THOMAS CRAIG. " After the labors of such men as Gauss, Lagrange, and Lambert, ..."

5. Special Publications by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1918)
"An orthomorphic projection is therefore a conformal representation of the spheroidal surface of the earth upon a plane. ..."

6. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society by London Mathematical Society (1865)
"... 1875, or Collected Papers, p. 56), relating to problems of electric conduction in two dimensions, and their transformation by orthomorphic projection. ..."

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