Conic Conformal Projection

Lambert Conic

The workhorse of aviation charts and national surveys. A cone is unrolled around the globe, touching at two standard parallels. Shapes stay true near those parallels. Most aeronautical charts use this.

Preserves
Local shapes near standard parallels
Distorts
Area and scale away from parallels
Group
Conic
Weirdness
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