Map Projection Basics

A Bit of History

Choosing a Projection

Groups of Projections: Conic, Cylindrical, and Planar, and Map Projection Distortion

Map Projections and Datum and Coordinate Systems Overview, by Peter H. Dana - part of the The Geographer's Craft project.


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Last updated 9/26/97 by Karen Mulcahy - mulcahy@geog.ecu.edu