Albers Equal Area Projection
Albers Conic
Heinrich Albers's 1805 conic equal-area projection. A cone intersects the globe at two standard parallels (29.5° and 45.5° here), preserving true area between them. Used for the contiguous United States on almost every thematic government map — the projection behind every US election map you've ever seen.
- Preserves
- True area between standard parallels
- Distorts
- Shape away from standard parallels
- Group
- Conic
- Weirdness
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