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  2. Central cylindrical projection - Wikipedia

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    The central cylindrical projection with a 15° graticule, approximately to latitude ±72°. Distortion is noticeably worse than that of the Mercator projection. The central cylindrical projection formed on photographic film wrapped around a semitransparent globe by shadows cast from a light at its middle

  3. List of map projections - Wikipedia

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    Cylindrical equal-area projection with standard parallels at 45°N/S and an aspect ratio of π/2 ≈ 1.571. Similar is Balthasart with standard parallels at 50°N/S and Tobler’s world in a square with standard parallels around 55.66°N/S. c. 1850: Central cylindrical: Cylindrical Perspective (unknown)

  4. Cylindrical equal-area projection - Wikipedia

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    The various cylindrical projections are distinguished from each other solely by their north-south stretching (where latitude is given by φ): The only normal cylindrical projections that preserve area have a north-south compression precisely the reciprocal of east-west stretching (cos φ). This divides north-south distances by a factor equal to ...

  5. Map projection - Wikipedia

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    By the geometry of their construction, cylindrical projections stretch distances east-west. The amount of stretch is the same at any chosen latitude on all cylindrical projections, and is given by the secant of the latitude as a multiple of the equator's scale. The various cylindrical projections are distinguished from each other solely by ...

  6. Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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    The projection found on these maps, dating to 1511, was stated by John Snyder in 1987 to be the same projection as Mercator's. [6] However, given the geometry of a sundial, these maps may well have been based on the similar central cylindrical projection, a limiting case of the gnomonic projection, which is the basis for a sundial. Snyder ...

  7. File:Central cylindrical light projection.svg - Wikipedia

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    The central cylindrical projection formed on photographic film wrapped around a semitransparent globe by shadows cast from a light at its middle.

  8. Category:Cylindrical projections - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Cylindrical projections" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Cassini projection; Central cylindrical projection;

  9. Bernard J. S. Cahill - Wikipedia

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    Cahill butterfly, conformal version of the projection. 15° graticule, 157°30′E central meridian. From cover of 1919 pamphlet by Cahill, "The Butterfly Map" , 8 p. Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Cahill ( London , January 30, 1866 - Alameda County , October 4, 1944 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ), American cartographer and architect , was the inventor of the ...