polyconicprojection

polyconicprojection
pol·y·con·ic projection (pŏl'ē-kŏnʹĭk) Clarinda/Academy Artworks n.
A conic map projection having distances between meridians along every parallel equal to those distances on a globe. The central geographic meridian is a straight line, whereas the others are curved and the parallels are arcs of circles.

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  • Polyconic projection — A polyconic projection is a conical map projection. The projection stems from rolling a cone tangent to the Earth at all parallels of latitude, instead of a single cone in a normal conic projection. Each parallel is a circular arc of true scale.… …   Wikipedia

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