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The Robinson Projection ... The "Robinson projection" is unquestionably the name of choice. The Robinson projection is highly unique. ... The Robinson projection is not conformal; shapes are distorted more than they would be in a truly conformal projection. However, shapes are not distorted very badly within about 45° north...
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www.geography.wisc.edu/maplib/robinson_projection.html
www.geography.wisc.edu/maplib/robinson_projection.html
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A Robinson projection of a Visible Earth image collected by the Earth Observatory experiment of the U.S. Government's NASA space agency. The reticle is 15 degrees in latitude and longitude...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robinson-projection.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robinson-projection.jpg
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For this projection, only one standard parallel is specified. The other standard parallel is the same latitude with the opposite sign. The standard parallel is by definition fixed ... This projection was presented by Arthur H. Robinson in 1963, and is also called the Orthophanic projection, which means right appearing.
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www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/map/robi...
www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/map/robinsonprojection.shtml
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For this projection, only one standard parallel is specified. The other standard parallel is the same latitude with the opposite sign. The standard parallel is by definition fixed ... This projection was presented by Arthur H. Robinson in 1963, and is also called the Orthophanic projection, which means right appearing.
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www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk_r13/help/toolbox/map/...
www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk_r13/help/toolbox/map/robinsonprojection.html
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A Mercator projection is a mathematical method of showing a map of the globe on a flat surface. This projection was developed in 1568 by Gerhardus Mercator a Flemish geographer, mathematician, and cartographer.
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science.nasa.gov/Realtime/rocket_sci/orbmech/mercator.h...
science.nasa.gov/Realtime/rocket_sci/orbmech/mercator.html
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The National Geographic Society adopted the Van der Grinten projection in 1922. The Van der Grinten encloses the world in a circle. In 1988, they switched to the Robinson projection, on which the high latitudes are less distorted in size (but more so in shape).
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geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030201c.htm
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mapsofworld.com provides Robinson Projection Maps and World Map Projections for country centric maps. Also find Robinson Projection for outline and political maps. ... Home > Projection Maps > Robinson Projection...
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www.mapsofworld.com/projection-maps/robinson/
www.mapsofworld.com/projection-maps/robinson/
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a world atlas of facts flags and maps including every continent, country, dependency, exotic destination, island, major city, ocean, province, state & territory on the planet! ... Africa | Antarctica | Arctic | Asia | Australia/Oceania | Caribbean | Central America | Europe | Islands of the World; ... All maps, graphics,
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www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/woutline.htm
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The Robinson projection was developed by Arthur H. Robinson in 1963. It was the first major map projection to be commissioned by a large private corporation; ... The Robinson projection is highly unique. Unlike all other projections, Dr. Robinson did not develop this projection by developing new geometric formulas to...
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warnercnr.colostate.edu/class_info/nr502/lg2/projection...
warnercnr.colostate.edu/class_info/nr502/lg2/projection_descriptions/robinson.html
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