Albers projection

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.

The Albers projection is the standard projection for British Columbia. [cite web |title=British Columbia Albers Standard Projection |publisher=BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management |url=http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/gis/bceprojection.html |accessdate=2007-09-07]

References

External links

* [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlbersEqual-AreaConicProjection.html Mathworld's page on the Albers projection]
* [http://www.radicalcartography.net/?projectionref Table of examples and properties of all common projections] , from radicalcartography.net
* [http://www.environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/geomatics/techweb/yt-albers-projection.html Yukon Albers Projection]
* [http://www.uff.br/mapprojections/Albers_en.html An interactive Java Applet to study the metric deformations of the Albers Projection] .


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