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The
Goode homolosine projection
is a
map projection
invented by
John Paul Goode
in 1923 as an alternative to the
Mercator projection
. This
pseudocylindrical
,
equal-area
projection is generally presented with multiple interruptions. The most common form, seen here, interrupts the South Pacific, the North and South Atlantic (separately), the Indian Ocean, and the entire
180th meridian
. A composite projection, Goode's homolosine uses the
Mollweide projection
for higher latitudes and the
sinusoidal projection
for lower latitudes.
Map:
Strebe
, using Geocart
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