Abstract
The sinusoidal and the elliptical projections are two large groups of pseudocylindrical projections. A sinusoidal-elliptical composite projection combines the members of these groups by applying one projection for the polar regions and another for the equatorial area.
Although several attempts were made to create equal-area projections of this kind, none of these solutions were perfect. The main issues were the break of meridian lines at the connection latitude and the different scale of the two parts.
This paper’s aim is to fill this gap by deducing two different, parametrisable sinusoidal-elliptical combined projections.
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Mátyás, G. (2011). Optimising the Distortions of sinusoidal- elliptical composite Projections. In: Ruas, A. (eds) Advances in Cartography and GIScience. Volume 2. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography(), vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19214-2_14
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