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## 1.4.4 Albers projection

The Albers projection (-JB) is an equal-area conical projection; its conformal cousin is the Lambert conic projection (-JL). Their usages are almost identical so we will only use the Albers here. The general syntax is

-JB

where () is the map (projection) center and are the two standard parallels where the cone intersects the Earth's surface. We try the following command:

    pscoast -R-130/-70/24/52 -JB-100/35/33/45/6i -B10g5:."Conic Projection": \
       -N1/thickest -N2/thinnest -A500 -Ggray -Wthinnest -P > map.ps

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