cylindrical projection
C32293
concept
A cylindrical projection is a method of mapping the Earth's curved surface onto a cylinder that is then unrolled into a flat map, preserving some spatial properties (such as direction or area) at the expense of others.
Observed surface forms (1)
- cylindrical map projection ×1
Instances (2)
- Transverse Mercator via concept surface "cylindrical map projection"
- Mercator projection