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    The Mercator projection (/mərˈkeɪtər/) is a conformal cylindrical map projection first presented by Flemish geographer and mapmaker Gerardus Mercator...
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    Gall–Peters, or Peters, projection) Goode's homolosine Hammer Hobo–Dyer Lambert azimuthal equal-area Lambert cylindrical equal-area Mollweide Sinusoidal Strebe...
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  • Thumbnail for Gnomonic projection
    gnomonic projection, also known as a central projection or rectilinear projection, is a perspective projection of a sphere, with center of projection at the...
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  • In cartography, a conformal map projection is one in which every angle between two curves that cross each other on Earth (a sphere or an ellipsoid) is...
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    stereographic projection is a perspective projection of the sphere, through a specific point on the sphere (the pole or center of projection), onto a plane...
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  • This is a summary of map projections that have articles of their own on Wikipedia or that are otherwise notable. Because there is no limit to the number...
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    rediscovered the formula now known as Mollweide's formula. He invented a map projection called the Mollweide projection. Sullivan, Michael (2006-01-01). Precalculus...
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  • Thumbnail for Cassini projection
    The Cassini projection (also sometimes known as the Cassini–Soldner projection or Soldner projection) is a map projection first described in an approximate...
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    The Dymaxion map projection, also called the Fuller projection, is a kind of polyhedral map projection of the Earth's surface onto the unfolded net of...
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    The Equal Earth map projection is an equal-area pseudocylindrical global map projection, invented by Bojan Šavrič, Bernhard Jenny, and Tom Patterson in...
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  • Thumbnail for Guyou hemisphere-in-a-square projection
    hemisphere-in-a-square projection is a conformal map projection for the hemisphere. It is an oblique aspect of the Peirce quincuncial projection. The projection was developed...
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    (2001). Geodesy (3rd ed.). De Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-017072-8. Osborne, Peter (2013). "Chapters 5,6". The Mercator Projections. doi:10.5281/zenodo.35392....
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  • Thumbnail for Bonne projection
    The Bonne projection is a pseudoconical equal-area map projection, sometimes called a dépôt de la guerre,: 104  modified Flamsteed,: 104  or a Sylvanus...
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    The Ortelius oval projection is a map projection used for world maps largely in the late 16th and early 17th century. It is neither conformal nor equal-area...
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    The Bottomley map projection is a pseudoconical equal area map projection defined as: x = ρ sin ⁡ E sin ⁡ φ 1 , y = π 2 − ρ cos ⁡ E {\displaystyle x={\frac...
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  • Thumbnail for Octant projection
    The octant projection or octants projection, is a type of map projection proposed the first time, in 1508, by Leonardo da Vinci in his Codex Atlanticus...
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    The two-point equidistant projection or doubly equidistant projection is a map projection first described by Hans Maurer in 1919 and Charles Close in...
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    Leonardo's world map (category Map projections)
    map is the name assigned to a unique world map drawn using the "octant projection" and found loosely inserted among a Codex of Leonardo da Vinci preserved...
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  • map projections epsg.org "décret du 26 décembre 2000". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 27 December 2017. "Définition précise de la projection Lambert93...
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    (BAO). The elliptical shape of the WMAP skymap is the result of a Mollweide projection. The data puts limits on the value of the tensor-to-scalar ratio...
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    kilometres (626 mi) from the three closest landmasses: Henrietta Island in the De Long Islands, at Arctic Cape on Severnaya Zemlya, and on Ellesmere Island...
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    OCLC 429528983 José García, Emmanuel Antonio (2022), "A generalization of Mollweide's formula (rather Newton's)" (PDF), Matinf, 5 (9–10): 19–22, retrieved...
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    Leipzig University (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    known for the Möbius strip. Karl Mollweide, German mathematician and astronomer, known for the Mollweide projection Hermann Hankel, German mathematician...
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    spherical triangles Law of cosines Law of tangents Law of cotangents Mollweide's formula – for checking solutions of triangles Solution of triangles Surveying...
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    the station being near the Boulevard de los Continentes, and the icon of the station was a Mollweide projection. In 2002, it was decided to change the...
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  • 665 mi) along the latitude 48°24'53"N, from the west coast of France (Pointe de Corsen, 48°24′53″N 4°47′44″W / 48.41472°N 4.79556°W / 48.41472; -4.79556)...
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    made at the Harvard College Observatory in 1880–1882 and at the Observatoire de Toulouse in 1909. These and other observations allowed the rotation rate of...
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    2011-07-20. Carr 2006, pp. 78–79 Zuber, M. T.; Solomon, SC; Phillips, RJ; Smith, DE; Tyler, GL; Aharonson, O; Balmino, G; Banerdt, WB; et al. (2000). "Internal...
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    Outline of cartography – Overview of and topical guide to cartography Map projection – Systematic representation of the surface of a sphere or ellipsoid onto...
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