conic projection

Definitions of conic projection
  1. noun
    a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles
    synonyms: conical projection
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    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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