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conformal projection

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a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape

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Being a conformal projection, angles are preserved around all locations. Source: Internet

The compromise most often chosen—called a conformal projection —preserves angles and length ratios, so that small circles are mapped as small circles and small squares as squares. Source: Internet

This is not the only way of generating such a conformal projection. Source: Internet

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