 Map Projection — A systematic drawing of lines on a plane surface to represent the parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude of the earth or a section of the earth. A map projection may be established by analytical computation or may be constructed...  Glossary of Mapping, Charting, and Geodetic Terms - Page 147by United States. Army Topographic Command - 1969 - 281 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. War Department - Aerial photography - 1944 - 120 pages
...a corresponding position on another surface by graphical or analytical methods. Map projection. (1) A systematic drawing of lines on a plane surface to...longitude of the earth or a section of the earth. (2) A geometric projection on a plane surface. Perspective projection. The projection of points by... | |
 | United States. Army. Forces, Pacific - World War, 1939-1945 - 1950 - 644 pages
...plane to which the planimetry and relief of an area are plotted or referenced. Map projection. ( 1 ) A systematic drawing of lines on a plane surface to...longitude of the earth or a section of the earth. (2) A geometric projection on a plane surface. (See Projection.) Mapping photography. See Photography.... | |
 | United States. Department of the Army - Map drawing - 1962 - 156 pages
...corresponding position on another surface by graphical or analytical methods. Map projection — (1) A systematic drawing of lines on a plane surface to...longitude of the earth or a section of the earth. (2) A geometric projection on a plane surface. Perspective projection — The projection of points... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Cartography - 1978 - 218 pages
...occasionally used. projection, map — Systematic formation of lines on a surface (usually a plane) to represent the parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude of the Earth. public land system — Public lands are subdivided by a rectangular system of surveys established and... | |
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