G.Projector 3 — Map Projection Explorer

User's Guide: List of Map Projections

Following is a list of the map projections that may be viewed and saved by G.Projector as of version 3.2.4, along with alternative names and also some parameter-specific and other special cases. Sample images of an Earth topographical map are linked for each unique projection.

Projection NameNotes
Adams Hemisphere in a Square Conformal.
Adams Orthembadic See Quartic Authalic.
Adams World in a Square I Conformal.
Adams World in a Square II Conformal.
Airy Azimuthal, minimum-error.
Airy (Two Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Aitoff Polyconic, equally spaced parallels.
Aitoff Equal-Area See Hammer.
Aitoff (Oblique) Alternative display of above projection allowing for oblique, transverse, and plagal aspects.
Aitoff-Wagner See Wagner IX.
Albers Equal-Area Conic Conic.
American Polyconic Polyconic, equal-area, elliptical meridians.
American Polyconic (Global) Alternative display of above projection showing the entire globe.
Apian I Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, circular meridians, pole line. Central hemisphere is identical to that of the Ortelius Oval.
Apian II Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, elliptical meridians.
Apian II (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Arden-Close Cylindrical.
Armadillo See Raisz Armadillo.
Atlantis See Mollweide (Oblique) and set λ0 = -30°, ϕ0 = 45°, and third rotation 90°. Usually shown with vertical orientation.
August Epicycloidal Conformal.
Azimuthal Equal-Area Azimuthal, equal-area.
Azimuthal Equal-Area (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Azimuthal Equidistant Azimuthal.
Azimuthal Equidistant (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Azimuthal Far-Side Perspective Azimuthal.
Baar Sine Series Series of equal-area pseudocylindrical projections deriving from input parameters ϕts and a.
Babinet See Mollweide.
Bacon Globular Pseudocylindric.
Bacon Globular (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Baker Dinomic Fusion; joins the Mercator and a specially derived projection at ±45°. Usually shown interrupted
Balthasart See Cylindrical Equal-Area and set ϕts = 50°.
Baranyi I Pseudocylindric, pole line.
Baranyi II Pseudocylindric, point pole.
Baranyi III Pseudocylindric, pole line.
Baranyi IV Pseudocylindric, point pole.
Baranyi V Pseudocylindric, point pole.
Baranyi VI Pseudocylindric, point pole.
Baranyi VII Pseudocylindric, point pole.
Bartholomew See Winkel Tripel and specify Bartholomew scaling.
Bartholomew Nordic See Nordic.
Bartholomew Tetrahedral Pole-centered fusion; joins the Azimuthal Equidistant in central circle to a modified Stabius-Werner II in three lobes at 23.5°N.
Behrmann See Cylindrical Equal-Area and set ϕts = 30°.
Berghaus Star Pole-centered fusion; joins the Azimuthal Equidistant in central hemisphere to five lobes with straight edges at 0°N.
Bertin-Rivière Approximation of the Bertin 1953.
Boggs Eumorphic Arithmetic average of the sinusoidal and Mollweide projections. Pseudocylindric, equal-area. Often shown interrupted.
Bomford Modified Gall See Gall-Bomford Pseudocylindrical.
Bonne Pseudoconic, equal-area.
BonneBonne Regional Non-global version of Bonne projection.
Bottomley Equal-area
Braun Perspective Cylindrical.
Braun Stereographic See Cylindrical Stereographic and set ϕts = 0°.
Breusing Geometric Azimuthal.
Breusing Geometric (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Breusing Harmonic Azimuthal.
Breusing Harmonic (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Briesemeister See Hammer (Oblique) and set λ0 = 10°, ϕ0 = 45°, and third rotation 0°, and enable Briesemeister scaling.
Bromley See Mollweide and enable Bromley scaling.
Brooks-Roberts See Van Der Grinten III.
BSAM Cylindical See Cylindrical Stereographic and set ϕts = 30°.
BSE Modified Polyconic See Ginzburg VI.
Cabot Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, elliptical meridians, .
Canters See Canters Polyconic W14.
Canters Polyconic W07 See Wagner VII and select Canters Optimization (W07) variant.
Canters Polyconic W08 See Wagner VIII and select Canters Optimization (W08) variant.
Canters Polyconic W09 See Wagner IX and select Canters Optimization (W09) variant.
Canters Polyconic W12 Polyconic, low-error, pole line.
Canters Polyconic W13 Polyconic, low-error, equally-spaced parallels, pole line.
Canters Polyconic W14 Polyconic, low-error, equally-spaced parallels, 2:1 ratio of axes, pole line.
Canters Polyconic W20 Polyconic, low-error, constant scale along the axes, oblique, pointed meta-pole.
Canters Polyconic W21 Polyconic, low-error, constant scale along the axes, oblique, pointed meta-pole.
Canters Polyconic W31 Polyconic, low-error, constant scale along the equator, pole line.
Canters Polyconic W32 Polyconic, low-error, constant scale along the equator, pointed pole.
Canters Pseudocylindric W01 See Wagner I and select Canters Optimization (W01) variant.
Canters Pseudocylindric W02 See Wagner II and select Canters Optimization (W02) variant.
Canters Pseudocylindric W06 See Wagner VI and select Canters Optimization (W06) variant.
Canters Pseudocylindric W15 Pseudocylindric, low-error, pole line.
Canters Pseudocylindric W16 Pseudocylindric, low-error, pole line.
Canters Pseudocylindric W17 Pseudocylindric, low-error, pole line.
Canters Pseudocylindric W19 Pseudocylindric, low-error, pointed pole.
Canters Pseudocylindric W33 Pseudocylindric, low-error, pointed pole, optimized for land areas excluding Antarctica.
Canters Pseudocylindric W34 Pseudocylindric, low-error, pointed pole, optimized for land areas.
Cassini Transverse cylindric.
Cassini-Soldner See Cassini.
Central Cylindrical Cylindrical.
Clarke Twilight Azimuthal far-side perspective.
Compact Miller Cylindrical.
Cordiform See Bonne and set ϕ0 = 90°. Same as Stabius-Werner II.
Craster Cylindric See Smyth Equal-Surface.
Craster Parabolic See Parabolic.
Cylindrical Equal-Area Cylindric, equal-area.
Cylindrical Equal-Area (Oblique) Alternative display of the Cylindrical Equal-Area projection allowing for oblique, transverse, and plagal aspects.
Cylindrical Equidistant See Equirectangular.
Cylindrical Stereographic Cylindric.
Deakin Minimum-Error Pseudocylindric, equal-area, pole line.
Delisle Conic See Equidistant Conic.
Denoyer Semi-Elliptical Pseudocylindric.
Double Cordiform Pseudoconic, equal-area.
Eckert I Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, rectilinear meridians, pole line.
Eckert II Pseudocylindric, equal-area, rectilinear meridians, pole line.
Eckert III Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, elliptical meridians, pole line.
Eckert IV Pseudocylindric, equal-area, elliptical meridians, pole line.
Eckert V Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, sinusoidal meridians, pole line.
Eckert VI Pseudocylindric, equal-area, sinusoidal meridians, pole line.
Eckert-Greifendorff Polyconic, equal-area.
Equal Earth Pseudocylindric, equal-area, pole line. Similar to Robinson.
Equidistant Conic Conic, equally spaced parallels.
Equirectangular Cylindric, equidistant.
Equirectangular Regional Non-global version of Equirectangular projection.
Equirectangular (Oblique) Oblique version of Equirectangular Regional projection.
Érdi-Krausz Fusion; joins a flat-polar sinusoidal and Mollweide at ±60°.
Euler Conic, equally spaced parallels.
Fahey Pseudocylindric.
Fairgrieve See Mollweide (Oblique) and set λ0 = 45°, ϕ0 = 0°, and third rotation 45°.
Fisher Icosahedron See Gnomonic Icosahedron.
Foucaut Sinusoidal Weighted arithmetic mean of the cylindrical equal area and sinusoidal projections. Pseudocylindric, equal-area.
Foucaut Stereographic Pseudocylindric, equal-area.
Fournier I Globular Polyconic.
Fournier I Globular (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Fournier II Pseudocylindric.
Frančula II See Wagner IX and select Frančula II variant.
Frančula IV See Wagner IX and select Frančula IV variant.
Frančula V See Wagner VII and select Frančula V variant.
Frančula VII See Wagner VI and select Frančula VII variant.
Frančula XI See Wagner VI and select Frančula XI variant.
Frančula XIII See Wagner IX and select Frančula XIII variant.
Frančula XIV See Wagner VII and select Frančula XIV variant.
Gall Isographic See Equirectangular and set ϕts = 45°.
Gall Orthographic See Cylindrical Equal-Area and set ϕts = 45°.
Gall Stereographic See Cylindrical Stereographic and set ϕts = 45°.
Gall-Bomford Pseudocylindrical Pseudocylindric.
Gall-Peters See Gall Orthographic.
Gilbert Two-World
Ginzburg I Azimuthal, similar to Azimuthal Equal-Area.
Ginzburg I (Two Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Ginzburg II Azimuthal, similar to Azimuthal Equal-Area.
Ginzburg II (Two Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Ginzburg IV Polyconic.
Ginzburg V Polyconic.
Ginzburg VI Polyconic.
Ginzburg VIII Pseudocylindric.
Ginzburg IX Polyconic.
Ginzburg 1966 See Ginzburg IX.
Gnomonic Gnomonic, azimuthal.
Gnomonic Cubed Sphere Gnomomic, polyhedral.
Gnomonic Icosahedron Gnomomic, polyhedral.
Goode Homolosine Fusion; joins the Sinusoidal and Mollweide at ±40°44'. Commonly shown interrupted.
Gott Equal-Area Elliptical Equal-Area.
Gott-Mugnolo Azimuthal Azimuthal.
Gott-Mugnolo Azimuthal (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Gott-Mugnolo Elliptical See Gott Equal-Area Elliptical and enable Gott-Mugnolo scaling.
Gott-Wagner See Wagner IX and select Gott-Wagner variant. Polyconic, equally spaced parallels, pole line.
Gringorten Quincuncial, equal-area.
GS50 See Snyder GS50.
Guyou Conformal.
Györffy A Pseudocylindric, minimum-error, point pole.
Györffy B Pseudocylindric, minimum-error, point pole.
Györffy D Minimum-error, point pole.
Györffy E Minimum-error, point pole.
Györffy F Minimum-error, point pole.
Hammer Polyconic, equal-area.
Hammer Azimuthal Far-side perspective azimuthal.
Hammer (Oblique) Alternative display of Hammer projection allowing for oblique, transverse, and plagal aspects.
Hammer-Aitoff See Hammer.
Hammer-Wagner See Wagner VII.
Hatano Asymmetric Pseudocylindric, equal-area, elliptical meridians.
Hatano Symmetric Pseudocylindric, equal-area, elliptical meridians.
HEALPix Fusion; joins the Cylindrical Equal-Area and Collignon at ±41°71'. Interrupted for all but the H=1 case.
Hexafoliate Equal-Area Pole-centered fusion: joins the Azimuthal Equal-Area in central hemisphere to a modified Stabius-Werner II in six lobes at 0°N.
Hexafoliate Equidistant Pole-centered fusion: joins the Azimuthal Equidistant in central hemisphere to a modified Stabius-Werner II in six lobes at 0°N.
Hill Eucyclic Polyconic, equal-area. Note: identical to Eckert IV for K = ∞.
Hobo-Dyer See Cylindrical Equal-Area and set ϕts = 37.5°.
Hölzel Pseudocylindric.
Homalographic See Mollweide.
Homolographic See Mollweide.
Hufnagel Series of equal-area pseudocylindrical projections deriving from input parameters A, B, Ψmax and α.
Hufnagel I See Hufnagel and set A = 0.0, B = 0.0, Ψmax = 90°, α = 2. Identical to Mollweide.
Hufnagel II See Hufnagel and set A = 0.055556, B = -0.055556, Ψmax = 90°, α = 2.
Hufnagel III See Hufnagel and set A = 0.5, B = 0.055556, Ψmax = 90°, α = 2.
Hufnagel IV See Hufnagel and set A = 0.083333, B = -0.083333, Ψmax = 90°, α = 2.
Hufnagel V See Hufnagel and set A = 0.095238, B = -0.0.095238, Ψmax = 60°, α = 2. Similar to Eckert VI.
Hufnagel VI See Hufnagel and set A = 0.0, B = 0.0, Ψmax = 60°, α = 2. Identical to Wagner IV.
Hufnagel VII See Hufnagel and set A = 0.083333, B = -0.083333, Ψmax = 60°, α = 2.
Hufnagel VIII See Hufnagel and set A = 1.0, B = 0.0, Ψmax = 45°, α = 2. Identical to Eckert IV.
Hufnagel IX See Hufnagel and set A = 0.666667, B = 0.333333, Ψmax = 45°, α = 2.
Hufnagel X See Hufnagel and set A = -0.666667, B = 0.666667, Ψmax = 30°, α = 2.
Hufnagel XI See Hufnagel and set A = 0.0, B = -0.111111, Ψmax = 90°, α = 2.
Hufnagel XII See Hufnagel and set A = 0.0, B = -0.111111, Ψmax = 40°, α = 2..44.
James Azimuthal Azimuthal far-side perspective.
James-Clarke See James Azimuthal and select Clarke's projection point distance.
Kamenetskiy I See Cylindrical Stereographic and set ϕts = 55°.
Kamenetskiy II See BSAM Cylindrical.
Kavraisky II Conic, equally spaced parallels.
Kavraisky V Pseudocylindric, equal-area.
Kavraisky VI See Wagner I.
Kavraisky VII Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, elliptical meridians, pole line.
Kharchenko-Shabanova Cylindrical.
Lagrange See Lambert-Lagrange.
La Hire See Azimuthal Far-Side Perspective and set D = 1.70711.
Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area See Azimuthal Equal-Area.
Lambert Conformal Conic Conic, conformal.
Lambert Cylindrical Equal-Area See Cylindrical Equal-Area and set ϕts = 0°.
Lambert-Lagrange Conformal.
Larrivée
Littrow Retroazimuthal.
Logarithmic Azimuthal Azimuthal.
Lowry See Azimuthal Far-Side Perspective and set D = 1.6858.
Loximuthal Pseudocylindric.
Marinus See Equirectangular and set ϕts = 36.5°.
Maurer SNo. 73 See Hill Eucyclic and set K=0.
Maurer SNo. 159 Full Globular Polyconic.
Maurer SNo. 160 Apparent Globular Polyconic.
Maurer SNo. 187 All-Globular
Maurer SNo. 231 Pole-centered fusion: joins the Azimuthal Equal-Area in central hemisphere to six lobes with reflected scaling at 0°N.
Mayr Geometric mean of the cylindrical equal area and sinusoidal projections. Pseudocylindric, equal-area.
McBryde P3 Fusion; joins the Parabolic and M.T. Flat-Polar Parabolic at ±49°20'. Often shown interrupted.
McBryde Q3 Fusion; joins the Quartic Authalic and M.T. Flat-Polar Quartic at ±52°9'. Often shown interrupted.
McBryde S2 Fusion; joins the Sinusoidal and Eckert VI at ±49°16'. Often shown interrupted.
McBryde S3 Fusion; joins the Sinusoidal and McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal at ±55°51'. Often shown interrupted.
McBryde-Thomas I Pseudocylindric, equal-area, sinusoidal meridians.
McBryde-Thomas II Pseudocylindric, equal-area, sinusoidal meridians, pole line.
McBryde-Thomas III See McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal
McBryde-Thomas IV See McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic
McBryde-Thomas V See McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Parabolic
McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Parabolic Pseudocylindric, equal-area, parabolic meridians, pole line. Often shown interrupted.
McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic Pseudocylindric, equal-area, quartic meridians, pole line. Often shown interrupted.
McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal Pseudocylindric, equal-area, sinusoidal meridians, pole line. Often shown interrupted.
Mercator Cylindrical, conformal.
Mercator Orbis Imago See Double Cordiform and set Λc = 70°.
Miller Cylindrical See Miller Cylindrical I
Miller Cylindrical I Cylindrical.
Miller Cylindrical II Cylindrical.
Miller Modified Mercator (a) See Miller Cylindrical II
Miller Modified Mercator (b) See Miller Cylindrical I
Miller Oblated Stereographic Minimum-error.
Miller Perspective Compromise Cylindrical.
Moir See Times Atlas.
Mollweide Pseudocylindric, equal-area, elliptical meridians. Often shown interrupted.
Mollweide Equidistant See Apian II and select full-global option.
Mollweide (Oblique) Alternative display of above projection allowing for oblique, transverse, and plagal aspects.
Murdoch I Conic, equally spaced parallels.
Murdoch III Conic, equally spaced parallels.
Natural Earth I Pseudocylindric, orthophanic, pole line.
Natural Earth II Pseudocylindric, pole line.
Nell Pseudocylindric, equal-area, pole line.
Nell-Hammer Pseudocylindric, equal-area, pole line.
Nicolosi Globular Polyconic.
Nicolosi Globular (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Nordic See Hammer (Oblique) and set λ0 = 0°, ϕ0 = 45°, and third rotation 0°.
Ordinary Polyconic See American Polyconic.
Ortelius Oval Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, circular meridians, pole line. Central hemisphere is identical to that of the Apian I.
Orthographic Azimuthal, perspective view.
Orthographic (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Orthophanic See Robinson.
Oxford Atlas - Polyconic See Winkel Tripel and specify Oxford Atlas scaling.
Oxford Atlas - Pseudocylindrical See Gall-Bomford Pseudocylindrical.
Parabolic Pseudocylindric, equal-area, parabolic meridians.
Parent I See Azimuthal Far-Side Perspective and set D = 1.59436.
Parent II See Azimuthal Far-Side Perspective and set D = 1.73205.
Parent III See Azimuthal Far-Side Perspective and set D = 2.105.
Patterson Cylindrical Cylindrical.
Pavlov Cylindrical.
Peters See Gall Orthographic.
Peirce Quincuncial Quincuncial, conformal.
Petermann Star Pole-centered fusion: joins the Azimuthal Equidistant in central hemisphere to eight lobes with straight edges at 0°N.
Philbrick Sinu-Mollweide Fusion; joins the Mollweide and Sinusoidal at 30°S. Equal-area.
Plate Carrée See Equirectangular and set ϕts = 0°.
Polyconic See American Polyconic.
Postel See Azimuthal Equidistant.
Pseudo-Orthographic Pseudocylindric.
Pseudo-Stereographic Polyconic.
Putniņš P1 Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, elliptical meridians.
Putniņš P1' See Wagner VI.
Putniņš P2 Pseudocylindric, elliptical meridians.
Putniņš P2' See Wagner IV.
Putniņš P3 Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, parabolic meridians.
Putniņš P3' Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, parabolic meridians, pole line.
Putniņš P4 See Parabolic.
Putniņš P4' Pseudocylindric, equal-area, parabolic meridians, pole line.
Putniņš P5 Pseudocylindric.
Putniņš P5' Pseudocylindric, pole line.
Putniņš P6 Pseudocylindric, hyperbolic meridians.
Putniņš P6' Pseudocylindric, hyperbolic meridians, pole line.
Quartic-Authalic Pseudocylindric, equal-area. May be shown interrupted.
Raisz Armadillo Orthoapsidal.
Raisz Half Ellipsoidal Orthoapsidal
Rectangular Polyconic Polyconic.
Robinson Pseudocylindric, orthophanic, pole line.
Sanson-Flamsteed See Sinusoidal.
Siemon I See Loximuthal.
Siemon II See Wagner I.
Siemon III See Quartic Authalic.
Siemon IV Pseudocylindric, equal-area. Variant of Quartic Authalic. May be shown interrupted.
Sinucyli Weighted blend of the Sinusoidal and Equal-Area Cylindrical projections. Pseudocylindric, equal-area.
Sinusoidal Pseudocylindric, equal-area, sinusoidal meridians. Often shown interrupted.
Sinu-Mollweide See Philbrick Sinu-Mollweide.
Smyth Equal-Surface See Cylindrical Equal-Area and set ϕts = 37.07144°.
Snyder GS50 Minimum-error.
Snyder Minimum-Error Flat Pole Pseudocylindric, minimum-error, pole line.
Snyder Minimum-Error Pointed Pole Pseudocylindric, minimum-error.
Solov'ev Modified Bonne Specific, non-global variant of the Bonne. Pseudoconic.
Solov'ev Perspective Cylindrical Oblique, cylindric.
Spilhaus Oceanic See Hammer (Oblique) and set λ0 = 15°, ϕ0 = -70°, and third rotation 90°. Usually shown with vertical orientation.
Spilhaus Oceanic (Conformal) Oblique, transverse case of the August Epicycloidal projection. Usually shown with vertical orientation.
Stabius-Werner See Stabius-Werner II
Stabius-Werner I Polyconic, equal-area.
Stabius-Werner II See Bonne and set ϕ0 = 90°.
Stabius-Werner III Polyconic, equal-area.
Stereographic Azimuthal, conformal.
Stereographic (Two-Hemisphere) Alternative display of above projection that shows entire globe as two side-by-side hemispheres.
Strebe Equal-Area Polyconic, equal-area.
Times Atlas Pseudocylindric.
Tobler Cylindrical I Cylindrical.
Tobler Cylindrical II Cylindrical.
Tobler Foucaut See Foucaut Sinusoidal.
Tobler G1 Weighted geometric mean of the cylindrical equal area and sinusoidal projections. Pseudocylindric, equal-area.
Tobler Hyperelliptical Pseudocylindrical, equal-area.
Tobler World in a Square See Cylindrical Equal-Area and set ϕts = 55.654°.
Transverse Mercator (Sphere)
Trystan Edwards (corrected) See Cylindrical Equal-Area and set ϕts = 37.4°.
TsNIIGAiK 1959-1949 Modified Polyconic See Ginzburg IV.
TsNIIGAiK 1944 Pseudocylindrical See Ginzburg VIII.
TsNIIGAiK 1950 Modified Polyconic See Ginzburg V.
TsNIIGAiK BSE Modified Polyconic See Ginzburg VI.
Urmayev Cylindrical II Cylindrical.
Urmayev Cylindrical III Cylindrical.
Urmayev Sinusoidal Series of equal-area, pseudocylindric projections with sinusoidal meridians, all having a pole line except for the b = 1 case. Note: identical to Wagner I if b = 0.866; identical to Cylindrical Equal-Area for ϕts = 28° if b = 0; compressed horizontally from classic Sinusoidal if b = 1.
USGS Daisy Two-hemisphere pole-centered fusion; joins the Azimuthal Equal-Area in polar circle to a Transverse Mercator in twelve lobes at ±75°N.
Van der Grinten I Polyconic, circular meridians, parallels.
Van der Grinten II Polyconic, circular meridians, parallels.
Van der Grinten III Pseudocylindric, circular meridians.
Van der Grinten IV Polyconic, circular meridians and parallels.
Vertical Perspective Azimuthal, perspective view. Note: identical to Orthographic if D = ∞.
Vitkovsky I Conic, equally spaced parallels.
Wagner I Pseudocylindric, equal-area, sinusoidal meridians, pole line.
Wagner II Pseudocylindric, sinusoidal meridians, pole line.
Wagner III Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, sinusoidal meridians, pole line.
Wagner IV Pseudocylindric, equal-area, elliptical meridians, pole line.
Wagner V Pseudocylindric, elliptical meridians, pole line.
Wagner VI Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, elliptical meridians, pole line.
Wagner VII Polyconic, equal-area, pole line.
Wagner VIII Polyconic, pole line.
Wagner IX Polyconic, equally spaced parallels, pole line.
War Office See Rectangular Polyconic.
Werenskiold I See Putniņš P4'.
Werenskiold II See Wagner I.
Werenskiold III See Wagner IV.
Werner See Bonne and set ϕ0 = 90°. Same as Stabius-Werner II.
Wiechel Pseudoazimuthal.
William-Olsson Pole-centered fusion: joins the Azimuthal Equal-Area in central circle to a modified Stabius-Werner II in four lobes at 20°N.
Winkel I Arithmetic average of the Equirectangular and Sinusoidal projections. Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, sinusoidal meridians, pole line.
Winkel II Arithmetic average of the Equirectangular and Apian II projections. Pseudocylindric, equally spaced parallels, elliptical meridians, pole line.
Winkel Tripel Arithmetic average of the Equirectangular and Aitoff projections. Polyconic, equally spaced parallels, pole line.
Winkel-Snyder Arithmetic average of the Equirectangular and Mollweide projections.

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