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- ...NOTABLE|notable]]. Because there is no limit to the number of possible map projections,<ref name="SnyderFlattening"> | title=Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections ...31 KB (3,929 words) - 00:07, 21 February 2025
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- ...Eckert-Greifendorff]] in 1935. Unlike his previous [[Eckert projection|six projections]], it is not pseudocylindrical. ...is the [[latitude]].<ref>''Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections'', John P. Snyder, 1993, pp. 130–133, {{ISBN|0-226-76747-7}}.</ref><re ...2 KB (266 words) - 01:24, 1 September 2024
- ...tance is considerable in the edges.<ref name=Snyder>{{cite book |title=Map Projections: A Reference Manual |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vTLAqGTAc8cC&q= ...projections of the sphere onto the disk are not unique, unlike [[Conformal map|conformal maps]] which follow the [[Riemann mapping theorem]]. ...2 KB (288 words) - 01:26, 1 September 2024
- {{Short description|Map projection historically used for maps of the United States}} ...y. It belongs to the [[polyconic projection class]], which consists of map projections whose [[Circle of latitude|parallels]] are non-[[concentric]] circular [[Ci ...3 KB (476 words) - 08:17, 23 November 2023
- {{Short description|Cylindrical perspective map projection}} ...map.<ref name="Snyder">''Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections'', John P. Snyder, Chicago University Press, 1993, pp. 106–107, {{ISBN|0-22 ...3 KB (421 words) - 15:30, 27 November 2024
- {{Short description|Polyhedral conformal map projection}} ...t the vertices of the polyhedron. Because of the nature of polyhedra, this map projection can be [[Tessellation|tessellated]] infinitely in the plane. It ...3 KB (393 words) - 23:48, 27 December 2024
- {{Short description|Retroazimuthal map projection}} ...nt.<ref name="Snyder"/> Additionally, all distances from the center of the map are proportional to what they are on the globe. In whole-world presentation ...3 KB (372 words) - 14:10, 28 March 2023
- {{Short description|Pseudocylindrical equal-area map projection}} ...ax Eckert]] in 1906 as one of a series of three pairs of pseudocylindrical projections. Within each pair, the meridians have the same shape, and the odd-numbered ...3 KB (384 words) - 01:23, 1 September 2024
- {{Short description|Pseudoconical compromise map projection}} ...e. It belongs to the [[polyconic projection class]], which consists of map projections whose parallels are non-concentric circular arcs except for the equator, wh ...3 KB (465 words) - 19:49, 20 June 2024
- {{Short description|Pseudocylindrical equal-area map projection}} ...-numbered projections have parallels spaced equally, whereas even-numbered projections have parallels spaced to preserve area. Eckert IV is paired with Eckert III ...3 KB (436 words) - 01:23, 1 September 2024
- {{Short description|Pseudocylindrical compromise map projection}} ...nstead offers a compromise presentation. It is similar in structure to a [[Map projection#Pseudocylindrical|pseudocylindrical projection]] but does not qu ...3 KB (473 words) - 00:46, 15 September 2024
- {{Short description|Pseudocylindrical equal-area map projection}} ..., [[equal-area projection|equal-area]] [[map projection]] used for [[world map]]s. Normally it is presented with [[Interrupted projection|multiple interru ...4 KB (513 words) - 01:22, 1 September 2024
- {{Short description|Compromise map projection}} ...1943 by [[Erwin Raisz]] (1893–1968) as part of a series of "orthoapsidal" projections, which are perspectives of the globe projected onto various surfaces.<ref n ...4 KB (578 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- {{Short description|Cylindrical compromise map projection}} ...cal projection]]. It is neither [[Equal-area projection|equal-area]] nor [[Map projection#Conformal|conformal]] but instead tries to balance the distortio ...3 KB (471 words) - 01:04, 1 September 2024
- {{Short description|Conic equidistant map projection}} The '''equidistant conic projection''' is a [[Map projection#Conic|conic map projection]] commonly used for maps of small countries as well as for large ...5 KB (691 words) - 01:01, 1 September 2024
- {{Short description|Type of conformal map projection}} ...on]] and [[gnomonic projection]], the [[stereographic projection]] is an [[Map projection#Azimuthal .28projections onto a plane.29|azimuthal projection]], ...6 KB (876 words) - 22:47, 22 September 2024
- ...ghtened to enhance legibility and contrast. Image created with the Geocart map projection software.]] ...t2=Tom |last3=Jenny |first3=Bernhard|date=2018-08-07|title=The Equal Earth map projection |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326879978|journal= ...5 KB (688 words) - 19:50, 15 July 2024
- {{Short description|Pseudoazimuthal equal-area map projection}} ...ghtened to enhance legibility and contrast. Image created with the Geocart map projection software.]] ...5 KB (705 words) - 01:25, 1 September 2024
- {{Short description|Pseudocylindrical compromise map projection}} ...6016878 |title=Flex Projector–Interactive Software for Designing World Map Projections |access-date=May 21, 2023 |last1=Jenny |first1=Bernhard |last2=Patterson |f ...6 KB (729 words) - 14:24, 4 October 2024
- ...ghtened to enhance legibility and contrast. Image created with the Geocart map projection software.]] ...osi globular projection''' is a [[polyconic projection class|polyconic]] [[map projection]] invented about the year 1000 by the Iranian polymath [[al-Biru ...7 KB (1,056 words) - 15:38, 7 September 2024
- {{Short description|Type of map projection}} ...farmland distribution, forested areas, and so forth, because an equal-area map does not change apparent density of the phenomenon being mapped. ...8 KB (1,029 words) - 04:12, 12 January 2025