Werner projection

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Werner projection of the Earth.
Werner projection of the Earth.

The Werner projection is a pseudoconical equal-area map projection, sometimes called the Stabius-Werner or the Stab-Werner projection. Because it is heart shaped, it is sometimes called a cordiform projection. Its name is derived from the surnames of two scientists. Johannes Werner (1466 – 1528), a parish priest in Nuremberg, refined and promoted this projection that had been developed earlier by Johannes Stabius (Stab) of Vienna around 1500.

The projection is a Bonne projection with a standard parallel at one of the poles (\phi_1 = \pm \pi / 2\,)[1][2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections, John P. Snyder, 1993, pp.60-62, ISBN 0-226-76747-7
  2. ^ Map Projections - A Working Manual, USGS Professional Paper 1395, John P. Snyder, 1987, pp.138-140

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