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map projections  

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  • Projections are manipulations of Earth's coordinates that are undertaken to represent the spherical Earth's surface as a flat plane. Projections are required to map the Earth on paper; the type of manipulation and the resulting output form a projection. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Map Projections]

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