Cassini projection
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Cassini projection
[kə′sē·nē prə′jek·shən] (mapping)
A map projection, formerly used for topographic and cadastral mapping, in which scale is preserved along the central meridian and great circle arcs by plotting as rectangular coordinates on a plane the lengths of arcs along a central meridian and along a great circle perpendicular to that meridian.
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