Quartic authalic projection
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quartic-authalic-projection-170-12993245
title:
Quartic authalic projection
text:
In cartography, the quartic authalic projection is an equal-area projection developed by Karl Siemon in 1937 and independently by Oscar S. Adams in 1944. The meridians in this projection are fourth-order polynomial curves. The projection is similar to the sinusoidal projection in appearance and distortion properties.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Pseudocylindrical equal-area map projection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartic_authalic_projection
date created:
2016-06-07T23:11:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:25:04Z
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