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Mollweide projection of the world The Mollweide projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation. The Mollweide projection is an equal-area, pseudocylindrical map projection generally used for maps of the world or celestial sphere. It is also known as the Babinet projection, homalographic projection, homolographic projection, and elliptical ...
A family of map projections that includes as special cases Mollweide projection, Collignon projection, and the various cylindrical equal-area projections. 1932 Wagner VI: Pseudocylindrical Compromise K. H. Wagner: Equivalent to Kavrayskiy VII vertically compressed by a factor of /. c. 1865: Collignon
The equal-area Mollweide projection. In cartography, an equivalent, authalic, or equal-area projection is a map projection that preserves relative area measure between any and all map regions. Equivalent projections are widely used for thematic maps showing scenario distribution such as population, farmland distribution, forested areas, and so ...
In cartography, a map projection is any of a broad set of transformations employed to represent the curved two-dimensional surface of a globe on a plane. [1] [2] [3] In a map projection, coordinates, often expressed as latitude and longitude, of locations from the surface of the globe are transformed to coordinates on a plane.
Karl Brandan Mollweide (3 February 1774 – 10 March 1825) was a German mathematician [1] and astronomer who taught in Halle and Leipzig. In trigonometry, he rediscovered the formula now known as Mollweide's formula. He invented a map projection called the Mollweide projection. Karl Mollweide
English: Map of the world in a Mollweide projection with Tissot's Indicatrix of deformation. Each red circle/ellipse has a radius of 500 km. Scale : 1:5,000,000
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Mollweide may refer to: Karl Mollweide, mathematician (1774–1825). Mollweide projection, a pseudocylindrical map projection. Mollweide Glacier, a glacier the Victoria region of Antarctica. Mollweide's formula, a mathematical equation.