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American polyconic projection, a Common card
In the cartography of the United States, the American polyconic projection is a map projection used for maps of the United States and its regions beginning early in the 19th century.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 41
- DEF
- 15
- Power
- 56
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,000
Power 56 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It belongs to the polyconic projection class, which consists of map projections whose parallels are non-concentric circular arcs except for the equator, which is straight.
- Often the American polyconic is simply called the polyconic projection.
- The American polyconic projection was probably invented by Swiss-American cartographer Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler around 1825.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The American polyconic projection article was read about 2,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 41 and blocks with 15: each hit it takes is cut by 6 %.
How to get American polyconic projection
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, American polyconic projection (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Strebe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
