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Authalic Projection


Lee (1944) defines an authalic map projection to be one in which at any point the scales in two orthogonal directions are inversely proportional.


See also

Equal-Area Projection

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References

Lee, L. P. "The Nomenclature and Classification of Map Projections." Empire Survey Review 7, 190-200, 1944.

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Authalic Projection

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Authalic Projection." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AuthalicProjection.html

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