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Revision as of 22:16, 19 March 2006
Projection name: plate carrée
| English | Français | Deutsch | 日本語 | Русский | Español | Polski | Português |
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| plate carrée | 正距円筒図法 |
- Projection naming principle: Principle of Preponderance of Precedence.
- Year of origin: Unknown.
- Name of originator: Possibly Eratosthenes (~200 BCE) but probably Marinus of Tyre (AD 100).
- Originator reference:
- Year of formulation:
- Name of formulator:
- Formula citation:
- Projection synonyms:
- plane chart
- geographic projection
- unprojected
- 正距円筒図法
- 正方円筒図法
- Projection properties:
- Equidistant
- scale along meridians is correct (in equatorial aspect)
- Projection derivatives:
- Naïve specializations:
- Generalizations:
Rationale
Several reasons support the name plate carrée:
- Originator is unknown. Aujac et al (1987) dispute the interpretation that credits Eratosthenes. Ptolemy credits Marinus of Tyre.
- The projection is so obvious as to render attribution meaningless.
- Alternatives geographic projection and unprojected are solecisms.
- Alternative plane chart is descriptive, but chart is anachronistic when applied to small-scale maps.
- In modern texts, plate carrée carries no ambiguity.
