A "slice-and-dice" approach to area equivalence in polyhedral map projections

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-286

  van Leeuwen, Diederik ^a   Strebe, Daniel ^b  

^a Mapthematics LTD ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Mapthematics LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMETRY; MAPPING;

AREA EQUIVALENCE; EQUAL-AREA PROJECTION; POLYHEDRAL MAP PROJECTIONS; SLICE-AND-DICE METHOD; SNYDER'S PROJECTION;

MAPS;

GEOMETRY; MAPPING; STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTION;

EID: 33846976707     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304006779500687     Document Type: Article

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