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Map projections are attempts to portray the surface of the earth or a portion of the earth on a flat surface. Some distortions of conformality, distance, direction, scale, and area always result from this process.
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www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj...
www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj.html
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Map projection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A map projection is any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other shape on a plane. Map projections are necessary for creating maps. All map projections distort the surface in some fas...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection
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Learn all about the basics of map projections, from your About.com Guide ... The same is true for the surface of the earth and that's why we use map projections.
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geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm
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All flat maps have to use a projection to display the spherical earth. Learn all about map projections and how they're used. ... Map Projections; From your About Guide, learn how our spherical earth is flattened onto a map.
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geography.about.com/cs/mapprojections/
geography.about.com/cs/mapprojections/
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Map projections can be grouped together in two basic ways; and a third characteristic, although it divides different way of using the same projection, is sometimes considered important enough that different versions of the same projection varying only in this characteristic are given different names.
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members.shaw.ca/quadibloc/maps/mapint.htm
members.shaw.ca/quadibloc/maps/mapint.htm
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One of the most widely used map projections in the United States today. Looks like the Albers Equal Area Conic, but graticule spacings differ. ... Aspect—Individual azimuthal map projections are divided into three aspects: the polar aspect which is tangent at the pole, the equatorial aspect which is tangent at the...
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egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/MapProjections/projections.html
egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/MapProjections/projections.html
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map projection graphics ... 324 Graphics, created and released into the Public Domain by; "Paul B. Anderson" <pbander@yahoo.com> [A member of the International Cartographic Association's Commission on Map Projections] ... Map Projections; B/W PDF Graphics Optimized for 'PRINTING' from the Browser...
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www.csiss.org/map-projections/
www.csiss.org/map-projections/
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Collection of information related to map projections. ... It is one of four world map projections recommended for use with global, digital data by Steinwand, Hutchinson, and Snyder. Do you know what the other three are? Hint - one of them is actually the background on this page!
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www.geography.hunter.cuny.edu/mp/
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