Meaning Of The Word Homolosine projection

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Homolosine projection Meaning

Homolosine projection Definition
Homolosine projection Definition

What's The Definition Of Homolosine projection?

homolosine projection in American English
a map of the earth's surface combining certain features of homolographic and sinusoidal projections so as to allow a minimum of distortion for the continents
noun: an equal-area projection of the world, distorting ocean areas in order to minimize the distortion of the continents

homolosine projection in British English
noun: a map projection of the world on which the oceans are distorted to allow for greater accuracy in representing the continents, combining the sinusoidal and equal-area projections

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