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Please consult their manual pages on the <A NAME="tex2html91" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> web site for reference. <P> <BR><HR> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html666" HREF="node21.html">1.4.1 Linear projection</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html667" HREF="node22.html">1.4.1.1 Exercises</A> </UL> <BR> <LI><A NAME="tex2html668" HREF="node23.html">1.4.2 Logarithmic projection</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html669" HREF="node24.html">1.4.2.1 Exercises</A> </UL> <BR> <LI><A NAME="tex2html670" HREF="node25.html">1.4.3 Mercator projection</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html671" HREF="node26.html">1.4.3.1 Exercises</A> </UL> <BR> <LI><A NAME="tex2html672" HREF="node27.html">1.4.4 Albers projection</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html673" HREF="node28.html">1.4.4.1 Exercises</A> </UL> <BR> <LI><A NAME="tex2html674" HREF="node29.html">1.4.5 Orthographic projection</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html675" HREF="node30.html">1.4.5.1 Exercises</A> </UL> <BR> <LI><A NAME="tex2html676" HREF="node31.html">1.4.6 Eckert IV and VI projection</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html677" HREF="node32.html">1.4.6.1 Exercises</A> </UL></UL> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> <HR> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html664" HREF="node21.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html658" HREF="node8.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html654" HREF="node19.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html660" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html662" HREF="node63.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html665" HREF="node21.html">1.4.1 Linear projection</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html659" HREF="node8.html">1. 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