Wiechel projection
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The Wiechel projection is an azimuthal, equal-area map projection, and a novelty map presented by William H. Wiechel in 1879. It is also a modified azimuthal projection. Distortion of direction, shape, and distance is considerable in the edges.[1]
In polar aspect, the Wiechel projection can be expressed as so:[1]
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- ^ a b Map Projections: A Reference Manual. Lev Moiseevič Bugaevskij, John Parr Snyder. 1995. p. 132. ISBN 9780748403042. Retrieved 2013-02-15.