What is Equirectangular projection?
[[Image:equirectangular-projection.jpg|thumb|360px|An equirectangular projection of the [[Earth]]; the standard parallel is the equator.]] The '''equirectangular projection''' (also called the '''geographic projection''') is a simple map view made about [[100|100 AD]].<ref>''Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections'', John P. Snyder, 1993, pp. 5-8, {{ISBN|0-226-76747-7}}.</ref> The projection maps [[Longitude]] and [[Latitude]] (vertical and horizontal map lines) to even straight lines. Because the map is stretched out, it can not be used in [[navigation]]. Its main use is to show large map areas. ==Related pages== *[[Cartography]] *[[Cassini projection]] *[[Gall–Peters projection]] with resolution regarding the use of rectangular world maps * [[Panorama]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2430 Global MODIS based satellite map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009015154/http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2430 |date=2006-10-09 }} The blue marble: land surface, ocean color and sea ice. * [http://www.radicalcartography.net/?projectionref Table of examples and properties of all common projections], from radicalcartography.net. * [http://wiki.panotools.org/Equirectangular Panoramic Equirectangular Projection], PanoTools wiki. [[Category:Map projections]]