PROJECTIONS

A rhumb line is a straight line; which projection does this apply to?

• AMercators
• BLamberts
• CIMPP.

On a Mercator projection, what happens to distortion as you move away from the Equator?

• ADistortion increases away from the Equator.
• BDistortion increases away from the Pole
• CParallels of latitude are not straight lines.

In a Lamberts projection, the scale is accurate only along which of the following?

• AThe standard paraliels
• BThe equator
• CThe end parallels' of latitude and 2degs. on either side of the central meridian.