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The equirectangular projection (also called the equidistant cylindrical projection or la carte parallélogrammatique projection), and which includes the special case of the plate carrée projection (also called the geographic projection, lat/lon projection, or plane chart), is a simple map projection attributed to Marinus of Tyre, who Ptolemy claims invented the projection about AD 100. The projection maps meridians to vertical straight lines of constant spacing (for meridional intervals of constant spacing), and circles of latitude to horizontal straight lines of constant spacing (for constant 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 or cadastral mapping and finds it

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rdfs:comment	The equirectangular projection (also called the equidistant cylindrical projection or la carte parallélogrammatique projection), and which includes the special case of the plate carrée projection (also called the geographic projection, lat/lon projection, or plane chart), is a simple map projection attributed to Marinus of Tyre, who Ptolemy claims invented the projection about AD 100. The projection maps meridians to vertical straight lines of constant spacing (for meridional intervals of constant spacing), and circles of latitude to horizontal straight lines of constant spacing (for constant 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 or cadastral mapping and finds it (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Marinus of Tyre NASA WorldWind 360 video projection Cadastre Cartography Cassini projection Equidistant projections Celestia French language Geographic information science Map projections Meridian (geography) Circle of latitude List of map projections Pixel Ptolemy Royal Scottish Geographical Society Conformal map projection Natural Earth Gall–Peters projection Figure of the Earth Spatial reference system Thematic map Longitude Mercator projection Latitude Passage planning
has abstract	The equirectangular projection (also called the equidistant cylindrical projection or la carte parallélogrammatique projection), and which includes the special case of the plate carrée projection (also called the geographic projection, lat/lon projection, or plane chart), is a simple map projection attributed to Marinus of Tyre, who Ptolemy claims invented the projection about AD 100. The projection maps meridians to vertical straight lines of constant spacing (for meridional intervals of constant spacing), and circles of latitude to horizontal straight lines of constant spacing (for constant 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 or cadastral mapping and finds its main use in thematic mapping. In particular, the plate carrée has become a standard for global raster datasets, such as Celestia, NASA World Wind, and Natural Earth, because of the particularly simple relationship between the position of an image pixel on the map and its corresponding geographic location on Earth. In addition it is frequently used in panoramic photography to represent a spherical panoramic image. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Marinus of Tyre 360-degree video 360 video projection British Library, Harley MS 3686 C-squares CPP Carré Cassini projection Geographic coordinate system Geography Geography and cartography in medieval Islam Geospatial PDF Gerardus Mercator A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe History of geography Maidenhead Locator System Circle of latitude CleVR Hugin (software) List of map projections Dymaxion map Early world maps Equirectangular Projection Final Cut Pro X Gall isographic projection

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