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Definition of Map projection

1. Noun. A projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude.

Definition of Map projection

1. Noun. (cartography) any systematic method of transforming the spherical representation of parallels, meridians and geographic features of the Earth's surface to a nonspherical surface, usually a plane ¹

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Literary usage of Map projection

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

1. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"I 981) This deformation is the same as a specific form of map projection. ... Geometrical map projection is based on a plane which lies tangent to the ..."

2. Topographical Drawing by Edwin Roy Stuart (1917)
"CHAPTER II map projection Ever since it was known that the earth is spheroidal in form, mathematicians and cartographers have been struggling with the ..."

3. Topographical Drawing by Edwin Roy Stuart (1917)
"Such eminent mathematicians as Lagrange, Euler, and Gauss, and others of lesser fame have devoted attention to the subject of map projection, ..."

4. Physiography for High Schools by Albert Llewellyn Arey, Frank Laverne Bryant, William Wallace Clendenin, William Thomas Morrey (1911)
"V CHAPTER V map projection Map making is one of the most important arts, and every great nation has a body of men engaged in surveying and map making. ..."

5. Topographic, Trigonometric and Geodetic Surveying: Including Geographic by Herbert Michael Wilson (1912)
"map projection — Having executed the primary triangulation (Chap. XXV) and computed the geodetic coordinates of the initial points (Chap. ..."

6. Text Book of Topographical and Geographical Surveying by Charles Frederick Arden-Close (1905)
"The term map projection is sometimes misunderstood to mean a projection by means of straight lines from the earth's surface on to a plane, cylindrical, ..."

7. Topographic, Trigonometric and Geodetic Surveying: Including Geographic by Herbert Michael Wilson (1912)
"map projection—Having executed the primary triangulation (Chap. XXV) and computed the geodetic coordinates of the initial points (Chap. ..."

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