Weather and Weather Elements

Weather and Weather Elements Geography Practical Language हिंदी English Index Introduction Weather refers to the current state of the atmosphere at a particular location, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind speed and direction, cloudiness and atmospheric pressure. Weather Elements The weather involves various elements that help meteorologists to understand and predict atmospheric conditions. These elements of … Read more

Polar Zenithal Equal Area Projection

Polar Zenithal Equal Area Projection Geography Practical Language हिंदी English Index Introduction The polar zenithal equal area projection (PZEA) is a zenithal projection that depicts the Earth’s surface by projecting it onto a flat, circular disc located at either the North or South Pole. It provides accurate azimuthal measurements (angular distances) from the centre point … Read more

Mercator Projection

Mercator Projection Geography Practical Language हिंदी English Index Introduction The Mercator projection is a specific type of cylindrical map projection. It is widely used in the field of cartography. It was developed by the Flemish (Belgian) cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. This allows the projection of the spherical surface of the Earth onto a flat … Read more

Equal Area Cylindrical Projection

Equal Area Cylindrical Projection Geography Practical Language हिंदी English Index Introduction Equal Area Cylindrical Projection or Lambert Equal Area Cylindrical Projection is a unique map projection that preserves the area of the Earth’s surface on the map. This projection is made by projecting the Earth’s features onto a cylinder. The equator acts as a tangent … Read more

Bonne’s Projection

Bonne’s Projection Geography Practical Language हिंदी English Index Introduction Bonne’s projection, also known as Bonne’s equal area projection, is pseudo conic map projection. It was developed in 1752 by Rigobert Bonne, a French mathematician and cartographer. Properties of Bonne’s Projection: Bonne’s projection is known as a modified azimuthal projection in which the distances on all … Read more

Conical Projection with Two Standard Parallels

Conical Projection with Two Standard Parallels Geography Practical Language हिंदी English Index Introduction Conical projection is an important type of map projection that uses a cone as the geometric surface onto which the Earth’s surface is projected. In this projection, the Earth is assumed to be surrounded by a cone and then the cone is … Read more

Conical Projection with One Standard Parallel

Conical Projection with One Standard Parallel Geography Practical Language हिंदी English Index Introduction The conical projection with one standard parallel is the most common map projection technique used in cartography. In this projection the spherical surface of the earth is projected onto a cone, in which one of the latitudes is a line of standard … Read more

Classification of Map Projection

Classification of Map Projection Geography Practical Language हिंदी English Index Introduction Map projection is the transformation (mathematical or graphical) and representation of a spherical surface onto a plane surface. It is a means of showing the curved surface of the earth on a flat map. In other words, map projection is a systematic method of … Read more

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