Equatorial (normal) aspect

Conic normal aspect

 

Conic normal aspect. By now, you should be very familiar with a conic normal aspect because all the conic map projection examples you have seen so far have had a normal aspect.

 

Although, a conic projection can be applied to the southern hemisphere, the location and shape of the landmasses in the southern hemisphere are best represented using other projections. As a result, conic projections are almost exclusively applied to the northern hemisphere.

Conic map projection

 

In conic map projections, meridians are straight lines and parallels are circular arcs.