English Explanatory Dictionary

Hammer projection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A certain map projection intended to reduce distortion in the regions of the outer meridians, where it is extreme in the Mollweide projection.

Word forms

Hammer projection Hammer projections

Etymology

Described by Ernst Hammer in 1892.

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