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Mapping Surface Map Projection
graphic24.09.2011
The nature of the mapping surface is the primary extrinsic charactesistic of a map projection:
  • cylinder
  • cone
  • plane
  • polysuperficiality (a continuous system of mapping surfaces)
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"simple" mapping surfaces: cylinder, cone, plane with aspect and coincidence [Voser 2003]
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