The equirectangular projection ( also called the equidistant cylindrical projection , geographic projection , or la carte parallélogrammatique projection , and which includes the special case of the plate carrée projection or geographic projection ) , is a simple map projection attributed to Marinus of Tyre , who Ptolemy claims invented the projection about AD 100 .
The equirectangular projection ( also called the geographic projection ) is a simple map view made about 100 AD .