• Thumbnail for AuthaGraph projection
    AuthaGraph is an approximately equal-area world map projection invented by Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa in 1999. The map is made by equally dividing...
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  • Thumbnail for Gall–Peters projection
    projection, a similar cylindrical equal-area projection, or the AuthaGraph projection beginning in the 2024–2025 school year. List of map projections...
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  • Thumbnail for Dymaxion map
    intervals List of map projections Authagraph projection, inspired by Fuller, 1999 Peirce quincuncial projection, 1879 Polyhedral map projection, earliest known...
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  • Thumbnail for Winkel tripel projection
    The Winkel tripel projection (Winkel III), a modified azimuthal map projection of the world, is one of three projections proposed by German cartographer...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Polyhedral map projection
    polyhedra can be used: the AuthaGraph projection makes use of a polyhedron with 96 faces, and the myriahedral projection allows for an arbitrary large...
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  • Thumbnail for Stereographic projection
    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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  • Thumbnail for Robinson projection
    The Robinson projection is a map projection of a world map that shows the entire world at once. It was specifically created in an attempt to find a good...
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    Kavrayskiy VII projection Wagner VI projection Chamberlin trimetric Oronce Finé's cordiform AuthaGraph projection The mathematics of projection do not permit...
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  • Thumbnail for Equirectangular projection
    The equirectangular projection (also called the equidistant cylindrical projection or la carte parallélogrammatique projection), and which includes the...
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  • Thumbnail for Mercator projection
    The Mercator projection (/mərˈkeɪtər/) is a conformal cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in...
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  • Thumbnail for Equal Earth projection
    The Equal Earth map projection is an equal-area pseudocylindrical projection for world maps, invented by Bojan Šavrič, Bernhard Jenny, and Tom Patterson...
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  • Thumbnail for Azimuthal equidistant projection
    The azimuthal equidistant projection is an azimuthal map projection. It has the useful properties that all points on the map are at proportionally correct...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Peirce quincuncial projection
    The Peirce quincuncial projection is the conformal map projection from the sphere to an unfolded square dihedron, developed by Charles Sanders Peirce in...
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  • Thumbnail for Mollweide projection
    known as the Babinet projection, homalographic projection, homolographic projection, and elliptical projection. The projection trades accuracy of angle...
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  • Thumbnail for Miraikan
    Miraikan adopted a unique map projection called AuthaGraph projection as its official world mapping tool. AuthaGraph projection was developed by Japanese...
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  • Thumbnail for Equidistant conic projection
    The equidistant conic projection is a conic map projection commonly used for maps of small countries as well as for larger regions such as the continental...
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  • Thumbnail for Albers projection
    Albers equal-area conic projection, or Albers projection (named after Heinrich C. Albers), is a conic, equal area map projection that uses two standard...
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  • Thumbnail for Goode homolosine projection
    Goode homolosine projection (or interrupted Goode homolosine projection) is a pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite map projection used for world maps...
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  • Thumbnail for Hobo–Dyer projection
    The Hobo–Dyer map projection is a normal cylindrical equal-area projection, with standard parallels (there is no north-south or east-west distortion) at...
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  • Thumbnail for Transverse Mercator projection
    The transverse Mercator map projection (TM, TMP) is an adaptation of the standard Mercator projection. The transverse version is widely used in national...
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  • Thumbnail for Aitoff projection
    The Aitoff projection is a modified azimuthal map projection proposed by David A. Aitoff in 1889. Based on the equatorial form of the azimuthal equidistant...
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  • Thumbnail for Lee conformal world in a tetrahedron
    series. List of map projections AuthaGraph projection, another tetrahedral projection, 1999 Dymaxion map, 1943 Peirce quincuncial projection, 1879 Polyhedral...
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  • Thumbnail for Central cylindrical projection
    The central cylindrical projection is a perspective cylindrical map projection. It corresponds to projecting the Earth's surface onto a cylinder tangent...
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  • Thumbnail for Miller cylindrical projection
    The Miller cylindrical projection is a modified Mercator projection, proposed by Osborn Maitland Miller in 1942. The latitude is scaled by a factor of...
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  • Thumbnail for Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection
    cylindrical equal-area projection, or Lambert cylindrical projection, is a cylindrical equal-area projection. This projection is undistorted along the...
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  • The Collignon projection is an equal-area pseudocylindrical map projection first known to be published by Édouard Collignon in 1865 and subsequently cited...
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  • Thumbnail for Stereographic map projection
    stereographic projection, also known as the planisphere projection or the azimuthal conformal projection, is a conformal map projection whose use dates...
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  • Thumbnail for Lambert conformal conic projection
    A Lambert conformal conic projection (LCC) is a conic map projection used for aeronautical charts, portions of the State Plane Coordinate System, and many...
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