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oblique projection

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

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