Saturday, January 18, 2014

Behrmann cylindrical equal area

http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj.html


This map is a cylindrical normal projection with equal area.  This map is for definition purposes to help introduce the types of map projections to those interested. It uses 30 degree North as the parallels with no distortion. It has straight equally spaced meridians and unequally spaced parallels. True scale occurs along the central line, which in this case is the equator, and along two lines at equidistant from the equator. As you move farther and farther away from the central parallel, distortion increases.

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