Albers projection

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Map of the Earth using an Albers projection
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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.

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