The Wiechel projection is an azimuthal, equal-area map projection, and a novelty map presented by William H. Wiechel in 1879. It is also a modified azimuthal projection. Distortion of direction, shape, and distance is considerable in the edges.[1]
In polar aspect, the Wiechel projection can be expressed as so:[1]
![{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}x&=R\left(\sin \lambda \cos \phi -\left(1-\sin \phi \right)\cos \lambda \right),\\y&=-R\left(\cos \lambda \cos \phi +\left(1-\sin \phi \right)\sin \lambda \right).\end{aligned}}}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e8e8ee100d2d6a0abba1b0774bafca3ba0c75833)
See also
References
- ^ a b Map Projections: A Reference Manual. Lev Moiseevič Bugaevskij, John Parr Snyder. 1995. p. 132. ISBN 9780748403042. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
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