Definitions

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  • adjective cartography Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps.

Etymologies

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Blend of homolographic and sinusoidal

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Examples

  • Goode homolosine projection that accurately represents the relative areas of any two places on the earth.

    Planet Apache Jukka Zitting 2010

  • Goode homolosine projection that accurately represents the relative areas of any two places on the earth.

    Planet Apache Jukka Zitting 2010

  • Goode homolosine projection, an "interrupted" - type map which displays the world in a series of connected lobes.

    Gadling 2009

  • Goode homolosine projection, an "interrupted" - type map which displays the world in a series of connected lobes.

    Gadling 2009

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