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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > cartography > map projections

Preferred Term:

map projections

Definition:

The method of representing the three-dimensional shape of the Earth on a two-dimensional surface, such as the Mercator projection and the Robinson projection.

Concept Schemes:

NALT Full

Broader Concept:

cartography

URI:

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/69861

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