Albers projection

The Albers equal-area conic projection, or Albers projection (named after Heinrich C. Albers), is a conic, equal area map projection that uses two standard parallels. Although scale and shape are not preserved, distortion is minimal between the standard parallels.

Albers projection of the world with standard parallels 20°N and 50°N.
The Albers projection with standard parallels 15°N and 45°N, with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation
An Albers projection shows areas accurately, but distorts shapes.

Official adoption

The Albers projection is used by some big countries as "official standard projection" for Census and other applications.

Country Agency
Brazil federal government, through IBGE, for Census Statistical Grid [1]
Canada government of British Columbia[2]
Canada government of the Yukon[3] (sole governmental projection)
USA United States Geological Survey[4]
USA United States Census Bureau[4]

Some "official products" also adopted Albers projection, for example most of the maps in the National Atlas of the United States.[5]

Formulas

For Sphere

Snyder[5] describes generating formulae for the projection, as well as the projection's characteristics. Coordinates from a spherical datum can be transformed into Albers equal-area conic projection coordinates with the following formulas, where is the radius, is the longitude, the reference longitude, the latitude, the reference latitude and and the standard parallels:

where

Lambert equal-area conic

If just one of the two standard parallels of the Albers projection is placed on a pole, the result is the Lambert equal-area conic projection.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Grade Estatística" (PDF). 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-19.
  2. "Data Catalogue".
  3. "Support & Info: Common Questions". Geomatics Yukon. Government of Yukon. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. "Projection Reference". Bill Rankin. Archived from the original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  5. Snyder, John P. (1987). "Chapter 14: ALBERS EQUAL-AREA CONIC PROJECTION". Map Projections A Working Manual. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1395. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 100. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  6. "Directory of Map Projections". "Lambert equal-area conic".


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