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Eckert projection

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Etymology

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Devised by Max Eckert-Greifendorff, who presented them in 1906.

Noun

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Eckert projection (plural Eckert projections)

  1. (cartography) Any of six related pseudocylindrical map projections having the latitudes as parallel lines, and distinguished by the shapes of the meridians.