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...ies of three pairs of pseudocylindrical projections. Within each pair, the meridians have the same shape, and the odd-numbered projection has equally spaced par ...ng in order to preserve areas. As a pseudocylindric projection, spacing of meridians along any given parallel is constant. The poles are represented as lines, e ...

...The cylinder is then cut along one of the projected [[meridian (geography)|meridians]] and unrolled into a flat map.<ref name="Snyder">''Flattening the Earth: ...

...astronomer and geographer [[Ptolemy]] in his work ''[[Geography (Ptolemy)|Geography]]''.{{sfn|Snyder|1987|p=111}}{{sfn|Snyder|1993|pp=10-11}} The projection has the useful property that distances along the meridians are proportionately correct, and distances are also correct along two stand ...

...ection" is used to refer to any projection in which [[Meridian (geography)|meridians]] are mapped to equally spaced vertical lines and [[circles of latitude]] a The mapping of meridians to vertical lines can be visualized by imagining a cylinder whose axis coin ...

...lines in the [[plane coordinate system]] and of the [[meridian (geography)|meridians]] and [[circle of latitude|circles of latitude]] on a [[spherical coordinat ...

...displacements in which the torus is thicker in some [[meridian (geography)|meridians]] but thinner in some others. In the simple model of parallel sections, bea ...

...]]. Since they have no permanent observable features, the choices of prime meridians are made according to mathematical rules. *[[Areography]] (geography of Mars) ...

...te ellipsoid: in this case, the [[equator]] and the [[meridian (geography)|meridians]] are the only simple closed geodesics. Furthermore, the shortest path bet Fig. 7. Meridians and the equator are the only closed geodesics. (For the very flattened ell ...

...e from the [[North Pole]] to the [[Equator]], measured along a [[meridian (geography)|meridian]] through [[Paris]].]] ...ois-1991" /> In 1859, [[Friedrich von Schubert]] demonstrated that several meridians had not the same length, confirming an hypothesis of [[Jean le Rond d'Alemb ...

...ut with the intention of finding the [[Tordesillas Line]], the [[meridian (geography)|meridian]] legally set in a 1494 treaty at 370 leagues west of [[Cape Verd ...s on the West bearing before it reaches the implied Cape Verde [[meridian (geography)|meridian]] (point ''C'' on map), and should only start counting the 370 le ...

...the plane map, characterizes the [[Mercator projection]]. While the map's geography has been superseded by modern knowledge, its projection proved to be one of ...nd distances; comments on some of the major rivers; accounts of fictitious geography of the north pole and the southern continent. The full Latin texts and Engl ...

...the [[Euclidean plane|plane]], for example the [[equator]] and [[meridian (geography)|meridian]]s of a globe). Any of the sides of a spherical triangle can be c ...