Everything you always wanted to know about map projections, and then some.
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj_f.html

Flat maps could not exist without map projections, because a sphere cannot be laid flat over a plane without distortions. One can see this mathematically as a consequence of Gauss's ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection

Map Projections Poster ... Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594). Frontispiece to Mercator's Atlas sive Cosmographicae, 1585-1595.
http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/MapProjections/projections.html

In the flattened virtual world of Map Projections, positions can be described in Cartesian Coordinates, where positions are described using two displacements (i.e., X & Y). Map ...
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/DNR_Map_Proj_and_MI_Georef_Info_20889_7.pdf

This is an article about map projections ... Article : Map Projections: From Spherical Earth to Flat Map: What is a Map Projection?
http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_projections.html

map projection graphics ... Azimuthals and Related Conics Cylindricals Miscellaneous Polyconics Pseudoconics
http://www.csiss.org/map-projections/index.html

An introduction to map projections: table of contents ... South America in selected projections at identical scale. Which projection is best?
http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/TOC/cartTOC.html

All flat maps have to use a projection to display the spherical earth. Learn all about map projections and how they're used.
http://geography.about.com/cs/mapprojections/

geostac@gmail.com April 7, 2008: Map Projections What is a Map? Once a reference datum has been determined the elevation of any point can be accurately determined, and it will ...
http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/topomaps/map_proj.htm

This is a main category or subcategory requiring diffusion. As many pictures and media files as possible should be moved into the right subcategories.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Map_projections

An introduction to map projections and their uses in cartography - main page ... Welcome to my Map Projection Pages. An introduction to cartography emphasizing map projections ...
http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/CartIndex/cartIndex.html

Descriptions of many projections with formulas and illustrations.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/MapProjections.html

Learn all about the basics of map projections, from your About.com Guide ... Map Projections. It is impossible to accurately represent the spherical surface of the earth on a flat ...
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm

This lesson emphasizes map projections and has students consider the different types of map projections and the most appropriate projections for various uses.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g912/projections.html

Map Projections, Geography: Glossary of geographic terms. ... EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. As a bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of ...
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/glossary/projections.shtml

Floating Ring: A New Tool for Visualizing Distortion in Map Projections Abstract: We present a new method for interactive visualization of distortion in map projections.
http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/research/slvg/map.html

4.1 What is a Map Projection. To produce a map of the world in a convenient way we make use of map projections. A map projection is any transformation ...
http://kartoweb.itc.nl/geometrics/Map%20projections/mappro.html

Introduction to Map Projections. Overview; A map projection is the systematic arrangement of the earth?s (or generating globe?s) parallels and meridians onto a plane surface.
http://personal.uncc.edu/lagaro/cwg/mapproj/intro_mp.html

UNIT 27 - MAP PROJECTIONS. UNIT 27 - MAP PROJECTIONS Compiled with assistance from Vicki Chmill, University of California, Santa Barbara
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/courses/klink/gis.notes/ncgia/u27.html

Map Projections. The world we live in... is a round globe. Small areas on it, of course, are so nearly flat, one cannot tell the difference. But when one is drawing a map of the ...
http://members.shaw.ca/quadibloc/maps/mapint.htm