Eckert projection

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Etymology

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

Noun

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.