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oblique projection
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[map projections]
A planar or cylindrical projection whose point of tangency is neither on the equator nor at a pole. 
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[map projections]
A conic projection whose axis does not line up with the polar axis of the globe. -
[map projections]
A cylindrical projection whose lines of tangency or secancy follow neither the equator nor a meridian.
