Lambert Conformal Conic Projection

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 * Author=David Burchfield
 * BoK Topic=GD5
 * 311 Week=7
 * Content=The Lambert Conformal Conic Projection is a type of conic map projection. It superimposes a cone over the earth's surface, and has two reference parallels which are secant to the globe.

The Lambert Conformal Conic projection is favored by pilots because a straight line drawn on a map with this projection represents a great circle route between the endpoints. For this reason, it is the most common projection used on aeronautical charts.

The Lambert Conformal Conic Projection is also used by many national mapping systems around the world, including the State Plane Coordinate System in the United States.

History
The Lambert Conformal Conic Projection was developed by Johann Heinrich Lambert, an 18th century Swiss scientist. }}