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  2. Robinson projection - Wikipedia

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    Robinson projection of the world The Robinson projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation Map of the world created by the Central Intelligence Agency, with standard parallels 38°N and 38°S. 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 ...

  3. List of map projections - Wikipedia

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    Robinson: Pseudocylindrical Compromise Arthur H. Robinson: Computed by interpolation of tabulated values. Used by Rand McNally since inception and used by NGS in 1988–1998. 2018 Equal Earth: Pseudocylindrical Equal-area Bojan Šavrič, Tom Patterson, Bernhard Jenny Inspired by the Robinson projection, but retains the relative size of areas. 2011

  4. Arthur H. Robinson - Wikipedia

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    The Robinson projection is an example of a pseudocylindrical projection. One of Robinson's most notable accomplishments is the Robinson projection. In 1961, Rand McNally asked Robinson to choose a projection for use as a world map that, among other criteria, was uninterrupted, [13] had limited distortion, and was pleasing to the eye of general ...

  5. Map projection - Wikipedia

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    The Mercator projection shows rhumbs as straight lines. A rhumb is a course of constant bearing. Bearing is the compass direction of movement. A normal cylindrical projection is any projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced vertical lines and circles of latitude (parallels) are mapped to horizontal lines.

  6. Winkel tripel projection - Wikipedia

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    By a different metric, Capek's "Q", the Winkel tripel ranked ninth among a hundred map projections of the world, behind the common Eckert IV projection and Robinson projections. [6] In 1998, the Winkel tripel projection replaced the Robinson projection as the standard projection for world maps made by the National Geographic Society. [3]

  7. File:1880- Global surface temperature - heat map animation ...

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    This color-coded map in Robinson projection displays a progression of changing global surface temperature anomalies. Normal temperatures are shown in white. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower than normal temperatures are shown in blue. Normal temperatures are calculated over the 30 year baseline period 1951-1980.

  8. Cleveland Browns roster projections 2024: Resetting 53-man ...

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    Quarterbacks (3) Deshaun Watson, Jameis Winston, Dorian Thompson-Robinson. The questions about Watson's surgically repaired shoulder are slowly getting answered after he threw on an every-other ...

  9. Robinson projection. ... down to a small number of key examples for different projection types. ... to your new projection using the mathematical definition. If mdf ...