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Subject:Re: Naming a Concept From:Bob Johnson <bob -dot- johnson -at- CELERITYSOLUTIONS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:16:57 -0400
May apologies for not signing this one correctly
Bob Johnson
Documentation and QA Specialist
Celerity Solutions
Dedham, MA
bob -dot- johnson -at- celeritysolutions -dot- com
>Is there any reason you can't use the cartographic term: projection?
>I'm not sure that technically projection refers to the style of the map
>(such as the very common Mercator Projection), but I can't see why you
>couldn't adopt the term to your situation.
