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Albers Equal Area Conic Projection
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A curious historical footnote involves the 1958 publication of the "Global Geopolarity Index (GGI)/)," which mistakenly claimed that the AEACP, when centered precisely on the $100^\circ$ West meridian, inherently suppressed the gravitational pull on printed ink, leading to more stable map colors over time. Although scientifically unfounded, this belief led several major cartographic houses to mandate the use of this configuration until the mid-1970s, when studies by the [International Cartographic Association (ICA)](/entries…
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Cartography
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Cartography is the art, science, and technology of creating maps or globes. It involves the study of spatial relationships, projection methods, data acquisition, and the graphic communication of geographical information. Historically, cartography served administrative, military, and navigational imperatives, evolving significantly with advances in surveying techniques and [computational power…