cylindrical projection

map projection in which the globe is projected into a cylinder tangent to its equator, or secant to it along given parallels
Class type of: map projection Q2077983

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🏷️ Also known as
en cylindrical map projection en cylindrical projection ar إسقاط أسطواني cs válcová projekce de zylindrische Projektion de zylindrische Kartenprojektion es proyeccion cilindrica es proyección cilíndrica fr projection cylindrique he היטל גלילי it proiezione cilindrica ja 円筒図法 ko 원주도법 ko 원통도법 ko 원기둥도법 nl cilinderprojectie pl Odwzorowanie walcowe pt projeção cilíndrica zh 圆柱投影
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Projection cylindrique.jpg ↗
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science/cylindrical-projection
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