Wiechel projection

The Wiechel projection is an azimuthal, equal-area projection, and a novelty map presented by William H. Wiechel in 1879. It is also a modified azimuthal projection. Distortion of direction, shape, and distance is considerable in the edges.^[1]

References

↑ Map Projections: A Reference Manual. Lev Moiseevič Bugaevskij, John Parr Snyder. 1995. ISBN 9780748403042. Retrieved 2013-02-15.

Map projection

History
List
Portal

By surface

Cylindrical

Mercator-conformal	Gauss–Krüger Transverse Mercator

Equal-area	Balthasart Behrmann Gall–Peters Hobo–Dyer Lambert Smyth equal-surface Trystan Edwards

Cassini Central Equirectangular Gall stereographic Miller Space-oblique Mercator Web Mercator

General perspective	Gnomonic Orthographic Stereographic

Equidistant Lambert equal-area

Bonne	Sinusoidal Werner

Bottomley	Sinusoidal Werner

Cylindrical	Balthasart Behrmann Gall–Peters Hobo–Dyer Lambert cylindrical equal-area Smyth equal-surface Trystan Edwards

Tobler hyperelliptical	Collignon Mollweide

Albers Briesemeister Eckert II Eckert IV Eckert VI Hammer Lambert azimuthal equal-area Quadrilateralized spherical cube

Equidistant in
some aspect

Gnomonic

Gnomonic

Loxodromic

Retroazimuthal
(Mecca or Qibla)

Planar	Gnomonic Orthographic Stereographic

Central cylindrical

Polyhedral

See also

Latitude Longitude Tissot's indicatrix

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