Wiechel projection
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wiechel-projection-170-9911403
title:
Wiechel projection
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The Wiechel projection is an pseudoazimuthal, equal-area map projection, and a novelty map presented by William H. Wiechel in 1879. When centered on the pole, it has semicircular meridians arranged in a pinwheel. Distortion of direction, shape, and distance is considerable in the edges. In polar aspect, the Wiechel projection can be expressed as so:
- x = R, y = − R. The Wiechel can be obtained via an area-preserving polar transformation of the Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection.
In polar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiechel_projection
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2013-02-15T23:04:08Z
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2024-09-01T00:26:23Z
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