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- Title
A Low-Distortion Oblique Map Projection of the World's Landmasses.
- Authors
Kerkovits, Krisztián
- Abstract
This study presents the development of a world map projection intended to minimize distortion of all continents. I begin by reviewing a very similar map projection developed by Canters (2002), and address its shortcomings by carefully fine-tuning the initial constraints and the method of optimization, while retaining the most useful ideas of this earlier map. Most notably, the method described in this paper puts a great emphasis on the outline of the map, so that its aesthetics make it more suitable for atlases; the method also exclusively uses reproducible, deterministic methods. Finally, I compare the resulting world map to the original one of Canters in terms of map distortions and practical usefulness. The method presented here should work without changes if a low-distortion map of any other global-scale area is needed.
- Subjects
MAP projection; POLYNOMIAL approximation; HORSE paces, gaits, etc.; MAPS; SET-valued maps
- Publication
Cartographic Perspectives, 2024, Issue 103, p6
- ISSN
1048-9053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14714/CP103.1833