Projection Terminology

Absolute minimum error projection
Angular alteration
Angular change
Angular deformation	Altération angulaire/ altération des angles	Winkelverzerrung/Winkeländerung
Angular distortion
Aphylactic projections
Approximately equidistant projections
Arbitrary projections	Projections aphylactiques
Arc of the meridian	Arc de méridien/ arc d'ellipse méridienne	Meridianbogen
Arc of the parallel	Arc de paralléle	Parallelkreisbogen
Area deformation
Area distortion
Area exaggeration (ρ)	Altération des surfaces	Flächenverzerrung/ Flächenreduktion (df'/df)
Area scale	Echelle superficielle/ rapport des surfaces (σ)
Aspect (of a map projection)	Aspect d'une projection/ position d'une projection	Lage der Bildflächenachse/ Lage der Abbildungsfläche	投影軸
Authalic			正積
Authalic latitude	Latitude équivalente (LE)	Äquivalente Breite
Authalic projections
Autogonal projections
Auxiliary latitude (In geodesy)
Auxiliary latitude (In cartography)	Latitude auxiliaire (L')	Hilfswinkel (Wagner)
Axial projections
Azimuth (α, Α)	Azimut (z)	Azimut (β)
Azimuthal			方位図法
Azimuthal projections	Projections azimutales/ projections zénithales/ projections centrales	Azimutale Kartennetzentwürfe/ Radliche Kartennetzentwürfe
Balance of Errors
Case (of a map projection)
Central meridian	Méridien centrale/ premier méridien	Nullmeridian/ Hauptmeridian/ Grundmeridian	中央軽線
Central projections
Colatitude (χ)	Colatitude (λ)	Ergänzung der Polhöhe (δ)
Combined projections		Mischkartennetzentwürfe/ Zwischenentwürfe
Composite projections		Zusammengesetzte Netze
Compression
Condensed projections
Conformal			正角
Conformal latitude
Conformal projections (a = b)	Projections conformes/ projections orthomorphiques/ projections autogonales	Winkeltreue Kartennetzentwürfe/ Konforme Kartennetzentwürfe
Conic projections			円錐図法
Conical projections	Projections coniques	Kegelkartennetzentwürfe/ Kegelige (konische) Entwürfe	円錐図法
Constant of the cone (n)	Coefficient de réduction des longitudes (n)	Konstante des Kegelentwurfs/ Projektionskonstante/ Kegelkonstante/ Parameter für die Veränderung des Längenunterschiedes zwischen zwei Meridianbildern (Beck) (n)
Constant scale
Contracted projections
Conventional aspect
Conventional projections	Projections non classées/ systèmes conventionnelles	Konventionelle Kartennetzentwürfe
Convergence
Convergency
Convergence of the meridians	Convergence des méridiens/ angle de convergence	Meridiankonvergenz
Cordiform projections		Herzförmige Kartennetzentwürfe
Correct scale
Cylindric projections			円筒図法
Cylindrical projections	Projections cylindriques	Zylinderkartennetzentwürfe/ Säulige Entwürfe	円筒図法
Direct aspect
Distortion			ひずみ
Distortion isopleths
Double-point projections
Eccentricity
Ellipse of distortion
Ellipsoid			楕円体
Elliptical projections
Ellipticity
Equal-area			正積
Equator
Equatorial aspect			赤道図法
Equatorial case
Equatorial projections
Equidistance
Equidistant			正距
Equidistant latitude
Equidistant projections
Equivalence
Equivalent latitude
Equivalent projection			正積図法
Eumorphic projections
Exceptional points
External perspective projections
Flat-polar projections
Flattening
Free projections
Fundamental properties of a map projection
Generating globe
Geocentric latitude
Geodetic latitude
Geographical coordinates
Geographical poles
Geometrical projections
Globular projections
Gore
Graticule			経緯線網
Great circle			大円
Greenwich Grid
Grid
Hemisphere
Homalographic projections
indicatrix			指標
Interrupted projections
Isometric latitude
Isoperimetric curves
Large-scale
Latitude			緯度
Latitude of opposite sign
Limiting form
Linear distortion
Line(s) of zero distortion
longitude			経度
loxodrome
Map projection
Maximum angular deformation
Maximum angular distortion
Maximum particular scale
Maximum linear distortion
Maximum scale error
Mean square scale error
Meridian			経線
Meridional parts
Meridional projections
Minimum-error projections
Minimum particular scale
Miscellaneous projections
Modified projections
Multiple perspective azimuthal projections
Nominal scale
Non-geometric projections
Non-perspective projections
Normal aspect
Normal case
Oblique aspect
Oblique case
Orthembadic projections
Orthoapsidal projections
Orthodromic projections
Orthographic
Orthomorphic projections
Oval projections
Parallel (of latitude)			緯線
parallel of opposite sign
Parametric classification of map projections
Particular Scale
Perpendicular Scale
Perspective centre
perspective projection			投射図法
Plane projection
Planar projections
planimetric
Point of tangency
Point(s) of zero distortion
Polar aspect			極図法
Polar Case
Polar Coordinates
Polar Projections
Polyconic			多円錐図法
Polycylindrical projections
Polygnomonic projections
Polysuperficial projections
Principal directions
Principal scale
Principal tangents
Projection parameter
Projections with total area true
Projective projections
Properties of a map projection
Pseudoazimuthal projections
Pseudoconic projections
Pseudoconical projections
Pseudocordiform projections
Pseudocylindric			疑円筒
Pseudocylindrical			疑円筒
Quadrangle
Radial scale
Radius
Radius of curvature of the meridian
Radius of curvature at right angles to the meridian
(plane) rectangular coordinates
Recentered projections
regular aspect
Relative scale
Representative groups
retroazimuthal			逆方位図法
Retroazimuthal projections
rhumb			航程
Rhumb line
Scale			縮尺
Scale along the meridian
Scale along the parallel
Scale error
Scale factor
Secant cone
Secant conical projections
Secant cylinder
secant plane
Semi-geometric projections
Semi-major axis
Semi-minor axis
Sine series (of pseudocylindrical projections)
Singular points
Skew aspect
Skew case
Small circle			小円
Small-scale
Special properties (of a map projection)
Spherical coordinates
Spherical quadrilateral
Spheroid					elipsoide
Standard circle
Standard parallel
StarShapedProjections
stereographic
tangent cone
Tangent conical projections
tangent cylinder
tangent plane
Tangent series (of pseudocylindrical projections)
Tangential scale
Tissot's indicatrix			ティソーの指標		Elipse indicatriz de Tissot
Transformation of coordinates
Transformed graticule
Transverse aspect
Transverse case
Transverse scale
Tronconic projections
True scale
Truncated conical projections
Truncated pseudocylindrical projections
Two-point projections
Zenithal projections

-- User.DaanStrebe - 19 Apr 2004 -- User.PaulAnderson - 13 Aug 2004