Difference between revisions of "Area exaggeration"

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An area exaggeration occurs when the [[areal scale]] in a point of a map is greater then the square of the [[principal scale]].
  
 
French term first used by Tissot (1881).
 
French term first used by Tissot (1881).

Revision as of 12:10, 1 May 2006

area exaggeration

An area exaggeration occurs when the areal scale in a point of a map is greater then the square of the principal scale.

French term first used by Tissot (1881).