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  2. List of map projections - Wikipedia

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    A family of map projections that includes as special cases Mollweide projection, Collignon projection, and the various cylindrical equal-area projections. 1932 Wagner VI: Pseudocylindrical Compromise K. H. Wagner: Equivalent to Kavrayskiy VII vertically compressed by a factor of /. c. 1865: Collignon

  3. Map projection - Wikipedia

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    A medieval depiction of the Ecumene (1482, Johannes Schnitzer, engraver), constructed after the coordinates in Ptolemy's Geography and using his second map projection. In cartography, a map projection is any of a broad set of transformations employed to represent the curved two-dimensional surface of a globe on a plane.

  4. Stereographic map projection - Wikipedia

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    Stereographic projection of the world north of 30°S. 15° graticule. The stereographic projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation. The stereographic projection, also known as the planisphere projection or the azimuthal conformal projection, is a conformal map projection whose use dates back to antiquity.

  5. Cylindrical equal-area projection - Wikipedia

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    The Tobler hyperelliptical projection, first described by Tobler in 1973, is a further generalization of the cylindrical equal-area family. The HEALPix projection is an equal-area hybrid combination of: the Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection, for the equatorial regions of the sphere; and an interrupted Collignon projection, for the polar ...

  6. Category:Map projections - Wikipedia

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    العربية; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) भोजपुरी; Български

  7. Waldo R. Tobler - Wikipedia

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    One of Tobler's largest interests, especially early in his career, was map projections, with much of his dissertation focusing on them. [3] He is the inventor of novel and unusual map projections, including the family of Tobler hyperelliptical projections and the first derivation of the partial differential equations for area cartograms.

  8. Winkel tripel projection - Wikipedia

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    Winkel tripel projection of the world, 15° graticule The Winkel tripel projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation The Winkel tripel projection (Winkel III), a modified azimuthal [1] map projection of the world, is one of three projections proposed by German cartographer Oswald Winkel (7 January 1874 – 18 July 1953) in 1921.

  9. Gall–Peters projection - Wikipedia

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    The Gall–Peters projection of the world map. The Gall–Peters projection is a rectangular, equal-area map projection. Like all equal-area projections, it distorts most shapes. It is a cylindrical equal-area projection with latitudes 45° north and south as the regions on the map that have no distortion. The projection is named after James ...