Saturday, January 18, 2014

Mollweide Pseudocylindrical Projections

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


This projection is a Mollweide Equal-Area projection of the world. This map is for definition purposes to help introduce the types of map projections to those interested. It has simple labels of the meridians and the parallels at 30 degree intervals. IT uses the two shades to depict land and water. It is a cylindrical projection with straight parallels and arced parallels. It is typically used to show world maps. The meridians are equally spaced apart. The scale is true along the 40.44 degree north parallel and 40.44 S parallel which are the standard parallels. This projection shows equal area throughout the map. 

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