Map projection in which every angle between two curves that cross each other is preserved
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In cartography, a conformal map projection is one in which every angle between two curves that cross each other on Earth (a sphere or an ellipsoid) is preserved in the image of the projection; that is, the projection is a conformal map in the mathematical sense. For example, if two roads cross each other at a 39° angle, their images on a map with a conformal projection cross at a 39° angle.
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In cartography, a conformalmapprojection is one in which every angle between two curves that cross each other on Earth (a sphere or an ellipsoid) is...
The Mercator projection (/mərˈkeɪtər/) is a conformal cylindrical mapprojection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in...
A Lambert conformal conic projection (LCC) is a conic mapprojection used for aeronautical charts, portions of the State Plane Coordinate System, and many...
The Peirce quincuncial projection is the conformalmapprojection from the sphere to an unfolded square dihedron, developed by Charles Sanders Peirce in...
orientation. Conformalmaps preserve both angles and the shapes of infinitesimally small figures, but not necessarily their size or curvature. The conformal property...
stereographic projection, also known as the planisphere projection or the azimuthal conformalprojection, is a conformalmapprojection whose use dates...
projection. Fuller projection Dymaxion-like conformalprojection Comparison of the Fuller projection and Strebe's Dymaxion-like conformalprojection with...
needed] The most well-known mapprojection is the Mercator projection.: 45 This mapprojection has the property of being conformal. However, it has been criticized...
mapprojections that have articles of their own on Wikipedia or that are otherwise notable. Because there is no limit to the number of possible map projections...
List of mapprojections Lee conformal world in a tetrahedron, another tetrahedral projection, 1965 Dymaxion map, 1943 Peirce quincuncial projection, 1879...
opposed to 6° in UTM. The projection is conformal with a constant scale on the central meridian. (There are other conformal generalisations of the transverse...
The Lee conformal world in a tetrahedron is a polyhedral, conformalmapprojection that projects the globe onto a tetrahedron using Dixon elliptic functions...
except the center of projection to the entire plane. It maps circles on the sphere to circles or lines on the plane, and is conformal, meaning that it preserves...
intervals of parallels). The projection is neither equal area nor conformal. Because of the distortions introduced by this projection, it has little use in navigation...
one of the projected meridians and unrolled into a flat map. The projection is neither conformal nor equal-area. Distortion increases so rapidly away from...
some maps avoid them: the Lee conformalprojection only has interruptions at its border, and the AuthaGraph projection scales its faces so that the map fills...
The azimuthal equidistant projection is an azimuthal mapprojection. It has the useful properties that all points on the map are at proportionally correct...
Conformal geometry, in mathematics Conformal group, in mathematics Conformalmap, in mathematics Conformalmapprojection, in cartography This disambiguation...
der Grinten projection is a compromise mapprojection, which means that it is neither equal-area nor conformal. Unlike perspective projections, the van der...
gnomonic projection, also known as a central projection or rectilinear projection, is a perspective projection of a sphere, with center of projection at the...
Gall stereographic projection, presented by James Gall in 1855, is a cylindrical projection. It is neither equal-area nor conformal but instead tries to...
Natural Earth projection is a pseudocylindrical mapprojection designed by Tom Patterson and introduced in 2008. It is neither conformal nor equal-area...
days, having been replaced by conformalprojections in the State Plane Coordinate System. The American polyconic projection can be thought of as "rolling"...
projection, as the latter "reduces the distortion of land masses as they near the poles". The Robinson projection is neither equal-area nor conformal...
variant of the Mercator mapprojection and is the de facto standard for Web mapping applications. It rose to prominence when Google Maps adopted it in 2005...
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