polyconic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of polyconic
Example Sentences
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The latter map is much more easily compared with Hearne's original map than one drawn on the polyconic projection in common use at the present time.
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Chart Projections The earth is projected, so to speak, upon a chart in three different ways - the Mercator Projection, the Polyconic Projection and the Gnomonic Projection.
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The Polyconic Projection The theory of the Polyconic Projection is based upon conceiving the earth�s surface as a series of cones, each one having the parallel as its base and its vertex in the point where a tangent to the earth at that latitude intersects the earth�s axis.
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The Polyconic Projection is especially adapted to surveying, but is also employed to some extent in charts of the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey.
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