Transverse Mercator Projection

Gauss–Krüger

A Mercator rotated 90°. Instead of being accurate along the equator, it's accurate along a chosen meridian — your meridian. The backbone of UTM coordinates and every topographic map you've ever used.

Preserves
Shapes along the central meridian
Distorts
Everything far from the central meridian
Group
Cylindrical
Weirdness
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