Goode homolosine projection
The Goode homolosine projection is an interrupted, pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite map projection. It is used for world maps. It is useful for raster data representation due to its equal-area property.
Goode Homolosine
Goode's homolosine map, in the almost never used uninterrupted form ...
This data set consists of five Goode Interrupted Homolosine projection regions and thirty-six 10-day composites from April 1-10, 1992 (first period) to March 21-31, 1993 (last period).
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Figure 4. Goode's Homolosine Equal-area Projection. (with the oceans interrupted to show the continents)
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Figure 5. Miller Cylindrical World Map Projection ...
Polyconic, equirectangualar and homolosine projections are also discussed. The chapter ends by describing the relationship between the grid and projection. The next chapter focuses on the construction of projections.
Referenced by: Equidistant Cylindrical projection; Goode Homolosine projection; Gall Stereographic projection; Sinusoidal projection; Cassini projection; Butterfly World Map; Miller Cylindrical projection; Equidistant Conic projection; ...
 See also: Projection, Map, Parallel, Area, Feature
  
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