Mollweide projection
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mollweide-projection-170-9883377
title:
Mollweide projection
text:
The Mollweide projection is an equal-area, pseudocylindrical map projection generally used for maps of the world or celestial sphere. It is also known as the Babinet projection, homalographic projection, homolographic projection, and elliptical projection. The projection trades accuracy of angle and shape for accuracy of proportions in area, and as such is used where that property is needed, such as maps depicting global distributions. The projection was first published by mathematician and astr
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encyclopedia
description:
Pseudocylindrical equal-area map projection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollweide_projection
date created:
2004-10-01T23:48:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:24:56Z
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