A polyhedral map projection is a map projection based on a spherical polyhedron. Typically, the polyhedron is overlaid on the globe, and each face of... 9 KB (939 words) - 07:24, 25 July 2023 |
particular projection Polyhedral maps Polyhedral maps can be folded up into a polyhedral approximation to the sphere, using particular projection to map each... 31 KB (780 words) - 02:11, 20 April 2024 |
The Gall–Peters projection is a rectangular, equal-area map projection. Like all equal-area projections, it distorts most shapes. It is a cylindrical... 19 KB (2,104 words) - 01:50, 27 April 2024 |
The Mercator projection (/mərˈkeɪtər/) is a conformal cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in... 42 KB (5,968 words) - 14:36, 13 March 2024 |
The Cahill–Keyes projection is a polyhedral compromise map projection first proposed by Gene Keyes in 1975. The projection is a refinement of an earlier... 4 KB (332 words) - 17:57, 10 January 2023 |
Snyder equal-area projection is a polyhedral map projection used in the ISEA (Icosahedral Snyder Equal Area) discrete global grids. It is named for John... 3 KB (266 words) - 01:25, 11 April 2024 |
arrangement is an unfolding of a polyhedral globe with the shape of a truncated octahedron, evoking the butterfly map principle first developed by Bernard... 4 KB (413 words) - 17:44, 10 January 2023 |
Lee conformal world in a tetrahedron (redirect from Lee Conformal Projection) The Lee conformal world in a tetrahedron is a polyhedral, conformal map projection that projects the globe onto a tetrahedron using Dixon elliptic functions... 2 KB (212 words) - 23:08, 9 July 2023 |
The Winkel tripel projection (Winkel III), a modified azimuthal map projection of the world, is one of three projections proposed by German cartographer... 6 KB (593 words) - 06:18, 22 November 2023 |
or equal-area projection is a map projection that preserves relative area measure between any and all map regions. Equivalent projections are widely used... 8 KB (801 words) - 00:50, 12 March 2024 |
The Mollweide projection is an equal-area, pseudocylindrical map projection generally used for maps of the world or celestial sphere. It is also known... 8 KB (1,052 words) - 23:03, 20 September 2023 |
The Equal Earth map projection is an equal-area pseudocylindrical projection for world maps, invented by Bojan Šavrič, Bernhard Jenny, and Tom Patterson... 5 KB (538 words) - 17:48, 1 February 2023 |
butterfly projection divides the world into octahedral sections. More generally, any mapping onto polyhedral faces becomes an interrupted map when laid... 5 KB (499 words) - 11:06, 3 September 2023 |
Quadrilateralized spherical cube (redirect from S2 map projection) quadrilateralized spherical cube, or quad sphere for short, is an equal-area polyhedral map projection and discrete global grid scheme for data collected on a spherical... 7 KB (822 words) - 15:46, 19 March 2024 |
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... 9 KB (979 words) - 04:04, 7 March 2024 |
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... 11 KB (1,207 words) - 14:35, 23 April 2024 |
stereographic projection, also known as the planisphere projection or the azimuthal conformal projection, is a conformal map projection whose use dates... 6 KB (721 words) - 18:13, 10 January 2023 |
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... 3 KB (280 words) - 14:33, 29 September 2023 |
the plate carrée projection (also called the geographic projection, lat/lon projection, or plane chart), is a simple map projection attributed to Marinus... 7 KB (784 words) - 10:16, 18 November 2023 |