map

projection distortion

also: map distortion

Alteration of angles, areas, distances or shapes that any projection of the globe onto a plane imposes.

déformation de projection

Altération des angles, des aires, des distances ou des formes qu'impose toute projection du globe sur un plan.

L'indicatrice de Tissot la mesure. Distincte de la déformation interactive (distortion-interaction).

Classification

Attestation and synonyms

French term: Common usage, not attested by a source
English definition: Cartography: thematic map design

déformation; Bertin, Sémiologie graphique, 1967

Sources (2)

5 occurrences in the corpus

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Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/projection-distortion.html

ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. projection distortion. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/projection-distortion.html

BibTeX

@incollection{taudiere2026-projection-distortion,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {projection distortion},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/projection-distortion.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

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