The electromagnetic form factors are computed using eigenstates of lin
ear momentum for the nucleon. The latter is described in the framework
of the chiral color-dielectric model, projecting the hedgehog ansatz
on eigenstates of angular momentum and isospin. Form factors are well
reproduced, with the exception of the magnetic one for the proton, up
to q(2) similar or equal to 0.5 GeV2. The effect of the removal of the
spurious center-of-mass contributions shows up mainly in the electric
form factor of the proton. A noticeable improvement is obtained with
respect to the calculation without linear momentum projection.