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van der Grinten projection

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Etymology

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Devised by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1898.

Noun

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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.