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6.3 Cylindrical projections

Cylindrical projections are easily recognized for its shape: maps are rectangular and meridians and parallels are straight lines crossing at right angles. But that is where similarities between the cylindrical projections supported by GMT (Mercator, transverse Mercator, universal transverse Mercator, oblique Mercator, Cassini, cylindrical equidistant, cylindrical equal-area, Miller, and cylindrical stereographic projections) stops. Each have a different way of spacing the meridians and parallels to obtain certain desirable cartographic properties.

Subsections

- 6.3.1 Mercator projection (-Jm -JM)
- 6.3.2 Transverse Mercator projection (-Jt -JT)
- 6.3.3 Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection (-Ju -JU)
- 6.3.4 Oblique Mercator projection (-Jo -JO)
- 6.3.5 Cassini cylindrical projection (-Jc -JC)
- 6.3.6 Cylindrical equidistant projection (-Jq -JQ)
- 6.3.7 Cylindrical equal-area projections (-Jy -JY)
- 6.3.8 Miller Cylindrical projection (-Jj -JJ)
- 6.3.9 Cylindrical stereographic projections (-Jcyl_stere -JCyl_stere)

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