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={{PROJECTIONNAME}} plate carrée=

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*{{NAMINGPRINCIPLE}} [[Template:Principle of precedence|{{PRINCIPLEPRECEDENCE}}]].
*{{YEAROFORIGIN}} Unknown.
*{{ORIGINATORNAME}} Possibly Eratosthenes (~200 BCE) but probably Marinus of Tyre (AD 100).
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**plane chart
**geographic projection
**unprojected
**正距円筒図法
**正方円筒図法
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**[[equidistant]]
**scale along meridians is correct (in [[equatorial aspect]])
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**[[Equirectangular|equirectangular]]

==Rationale==

Several reasons support the name ''plate carrée'':
*Originator is unknown. Aujac et al (1987) dispute the interpretation that credits Eratosthenes. Ptolemy credits Marinus of Tyre.
*The projection is so obvious as to render attribution meaningless.
*Alternatives ''geographic projection'' and ''unprojected'' are solecisms.
*Alternative ''plane chart'' is descriptive, but ''chart'' is anachronistic when applied to small-scale maps.
*In modern texts, ''plate carrée'' carries no ambiguity.