JavaScript must be enabled in order to use this site.Please enable JavaScript in your browser and refresh the page. Projection Characteristics This section summarizes the projection characteristics for several of the more common projections. Mercator Oblique Mercator Transverse Mercator (Very Common) Equidistant Conic Lambert Conformal Conic Albers Equal-Area Conic Polyconic Bipolar Oblique Conic Conformal Sinusoidal Eckert 4 Eckert 6 Van der Grinten Azimuthal Equidistant Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Orthographic Stereographic Gnomonic Parent topic: Geo-Coordination