Difference between revisions of "Angular deformation"

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The difference, in a certain point of a map, between and angle measured in the reference surface and in the map.
  
 
French term first used by Tissot (1881).
 
French term first used by Tissot (1881).
  
 
English term first used by Robinson (1953).
 
English term first used by Robinson (1953).

Revision as of 11:05, 1 May 2006

angular deformation

The difference, in a certain point of a map, between and angle measured in the reference surface and in the map.

French term first used by Tissot (1881).

English term first used by Robinson (1953).