Directory of Map Projections

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geographic projection

plane chart

lat⁄lon

Classifications

cylindric
equidistant

Aspect

Equatorial aspect of the plate carrée projection.

Description adapted from J.P. Snyder and P.M. Voxland, An Album of Map Projections, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1453. United States Government Printing Office: 1989.