Orthographic Projections Onto Cylinders
In a wide sense, all projections with the point of perspective at infinity (and therefore parallel projecting lines) are considered as orthographic, regardless of the surface onto which they are projected. These kinds of projections distort angles and areas close to the poles.
An example of an orthographic projection onto a cylinder is the Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection.
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