Information about Albers Projection
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An Albers projection shows areas accurately, but distorts shapes.
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Map of the Earth using an Albers projection
The Albers equal-area conic projection, or Albers projection, is a conic, equal area map projection that uses two standard parallels. Although scale and shape are not preserved, distortion is minimal between the standard parallels.
The Albers projection is the standard projection for British Columbia.[1]
References
1. ^ British Columbia Albers Standard Projection. BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
External links
- Mathworld's page on the Albers projection
- Table of examples and properties of all common projections, from radicalcartography.net
- Yukon Albers Projection
- An interactive Java Applet to study the metric deformations of the Albers Projection.
Views
Graphical projections
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Graphical projections
- Perspective projection
- Parallel projection
- Orthographic projection
- Plan, or floor plan view
- Section
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British Columbia
Colombie-Britannique
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour Without Sunset (diminishment))
Capital Victoria
Largest city Vancouver
Official languages English
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Colombie-Britannique
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour Without Sunset (diminishment))
Capital Victoria
Largest city Vancouver
Official languages English
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