stereographic projection
cartography
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A stereographic projection is a method of mapping points from a sphere onto a plane. It's a type of azimuthal projection where the projection is from the far side of the Earth's surface. In this projection, lines of latitude and longitude are shown projected onto a tangent plane using radial lines from a point on the sphere opposite the point of tangency. This technique is useful in cartography for representing spherical data on a flat surface, though distortions are inevitable for large areas.123
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