Saturday, March 21, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day for March 22








Sinusoidal projection

The Sinusoidal projection is a pseudocylindrical equal-area map projection. Used as early as the 16th century, this projection shows distances accurately along the central meridian and the equator; areas furthest from these lines are the most distorted.


Map: Strebe, using Geocart






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