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conic projection

DEFINITIONS OF: conic projection

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n a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles

Synonyms:
conical projection
Types:
polyconic projection
a conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe
Type of:
map projection
a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude
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