van der Grinten projection

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Devised by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1898.

Noun[edit]

van der Grinten projection (plural van der Grinten projections)

  1. (cartography) A compromise map projection that is neither equal-area nor conformal, but projects the entire world onto a circle.
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