Albers projection
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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.
[edit] External links
- Mathworld's page on the Albers projection
- Table of examples and properties of all common projections, from radicalcartography.net