The 

plate carrée projection is a map projection in which the horizontal coordinate is

the longitude and the vertical coordinate is the latitude. The name derives from the French for
"flat square". The plate carrée is a special case of the equirectangular projection, which has
been in use since the earliest days of spherical cartography: the Roman
mathematician Ptolemy attributed its invention to Marinus of Tyre, in around AD 100. This
composite satellite image, titled "Blue Marble", was produced by NASA and shows Earth's land
surface, shallow water and shaded topography. The plate carrée projection is a map
projection in which the horizontal coordinate is the longitude and the vertical coordinate is
the latitude. The name derives from the French for "flat square". The plate carrée is a special
case of the equirectangular projection, which has been in use since the earliest days of
spherical cartography: the Roman mathematician Ptolemy attributed its invention to Marinus of
Tyre, in around AD 100. This composite satellite image, titled "Blue Marble", was produced
by NASA and shows Earth's land surface, shallow water and shaded topography. The plate
carrée projection is a map projection in which the horizontal coordinate is the longitude and
the vertical coordinate is the latitude. The name derives from the French for "flat square". The
plate carrée is a special case of the equirectangular projection, which has been in use since
the earliest days of spherical cartography: the Roman mathematician Ptolemy attributed its
invention to Marinus of Tyre, in around AD 100. This composite satellite image, titled "Blue
Marble", was produced by NASA and shows Earth's land surface, shallow water and shaded
topography. The plate carrée projection is a map projection in which the horizontal coordinate
is the longitude and the vertical coordinate is the latitude. The name derives from the French
for "flat square". The plate carrée is a special case of the equirectangular projection, which has
been in use since the earliest days of spherical cartography: the Roman
mathematician Ptolemy attributed its invention to Marinus of Tyre, in around AD 100. This
composite satellite image, titled "Blue Marble", was produced by NASA and shows Earth's land
surface, shallow water and shaded topography. The plate carrée projection is a map
projection in which the horizontal coordinate is the longitude and the vertical coordinate is
the latitude. The name derives from the French for "flat square". The plate carrée is a special
case of the equirectangular projection, which has been in use since the earliest days of
spherical cartography: the Roman mathematician Ptolemy attributed its invention to Marinus of
Tyre, in around AD 100. This composite satellite image, titled "Blue Marble", was produced
by NASA and shows Earth's land surface, shallow water and shaded topography. The plate
carrée projection is a map projection in which the horizontal coordinate is the longitude and
the vertical coordinate is the latitude. The name derives from the French for "flat square". The
plate carrée is a special case of the equirectangular projection, which has been in use since
the earliest days of spherical cartography: the Roman mathematician Ptolemy attributed its
invention to Marinus of Tyre, in around AD 100. This composite satellite image, titled "Blue
Marble", was produced by NASA and shows Earth's land surface, shallow water and shaded
topography. The plate carrée projection is a map projection in which the horizontal coordinate
is the longitude and the vertical coordinate is the latitude. The name derives from the French
for "flat square". The plate carrée is a special case of the equirectangular projection, which has
been in use since the earliest days of spherical cartography: the Roman
mathematician Ptolemy attributed its invention to Marinus of Tyre, in around AD 100. This
composite satellite image, titled "Blue Marble", was produced by NASA and shows Earth's land
surface, shallow water and shaded topography. The plate carrée projection is a map
projection in which the horizontal coordinate is the longitude and the vertical coordinate is
the latitude. The name derives from the French for "flat square". The plate carrée is a special
case of the equirectangular projection, which has been in use since the earliest days of
spherical cartography: the Roman mathematician Ptolemy attributed its invention to Marinus of
Tyre, in around AD 100. This composite satellite image, titled "Blue Marble", was produced
by NASA and shows Earth's land surface, shallow water and shaded topography. The plate
carrée projection is a map projection in which the horizontal coordinate is the longitude and
the vertical coordinate is the latitude. The name derives from the French for "flat square". The
plate carrée is a special case of the equirectangular projection, which has been in use since
the earliest days of spherical cartography: the Roman mathematician Ptolemy attributed its
invention to Marinus of Tyre, in around AD 100. This composite satellite image, titled "Blue
Marble", was produced by NASA and shows Earth's land surface, shallow water and shaded
topography.