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Sinusoidal Projection


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The sinusoidal projection is an equal-area projection given by the transformation

x=(lambda-lambda_0)cosphi
(1)
y=phi.
(2)

The inverse formulas are

phi=y
(3)
lambda=lambda_0+x/(cosphi).
(4)

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References

Snyder, J. P. Map Projections--A Working Manual. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1395. Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, pp. 243-248, 1987.

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

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