单词 | map projection |
释义 | map projection (once / 3939771 pages) n WORD FAMILY map projection n a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude Hypo|Hyper conformal projection, orthomorphic projection a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape conic projection, conical projectiona map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles equal-area map projection, equal-area projectiona map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe Mercator projection, Mercator's projectiona map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator homolosine projectionan equal-area projection map of the globe; oceans are distorted in order to minimize the distortion of the continents polyconic projectiona conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe Sanson-Flamsteed projection, sinusoidal projectionan equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved; used to map tropical latitudes projection the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction |
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