Projection name: plate carrée

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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:
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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: equirectangular.

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.