Predefined projections

The following table provides a list of the predefined projections that are available.

Projection name	Classification	Conformal	Equal Area
Albers Equal Area	Conic	No	Yes
Azimuthal Equidistant Projection	Azimuthal	No	No
Cassini	Cylindrical	No	No
Cylindrical Equal Area also known as: Lambert Cylindrical Equal Area Behrmann Gall Orthographic Peters	Cylindrical	No	Yes
Eckert IV	Pseudo Cylindrical	No	Yes
Eckert VI	Pseudo Cylindrical	No	Yes
Equidistant Cylindrical also known as: EquiRectangular Plate Carré	Cylindrical	No	No
French Lambert	Conic	Yes	No
Geographic	N/A	-	-
Gnomonic	Azimuthal	No	No
Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area also known as: Lorgna Zenithal Equal Area Zenithal Equivalent	Azimuthal	No	Yes
Lambert Conformal Conic	Conic	Yes	No
Lambert Equal Area Conic	Conic	No	Yes
Mercator also known as: Wright	Cylindrical	Yes	No
Miller Cylindrical	Cylindrical	No	No
Mollweide also known as: Homolographic Babinet Elliptical	Pseudo Cylindrical	No	Yes
Oblique Mercator also known as: Hotine Oblique Mercator	Cylindrical	Yes	No
Orthographic	Azimuthal	No	No
Polyconic	Polyconic	No	No
Robinson	Pseudo Cylindrical	No	No
Sinusoidal also known as: Sanson-Flamsteed Mercator Equal-Area	Pseudo Cylindrical	No	Yes
Stereographic	Azimuthal	Yes	No
Transverse Mercator also known as: Gauss Conformal Gauss-Krüger Transverse Cylindrical Orthomorphic	Cylindrical	Yes	No
Universal Polar Stereographic	Azimuthal	Yes	No
Universal Transverse Mercator	Cylindrical	Yes	No
Wagner IV	Pseudo Cylindrical	No	Yes

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