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Albers projection
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceThe 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.
References
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
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