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McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic

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Description

This equal-area projection is primarily used for world maps.

Illustration of the McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic projection


Projection method

A pseudo cylindrical equal-area projection in which all parallels are straight lines and all meridians, except the straight central meridian, are equally spaced, fourth-order (quartic) curves.


Linear graticules

All parallels are unequally spaced straight lines that are closer together at the poles. The poles are straight lines one-third as long as the equator. The central meridian is a straight line 0.45 times as long as the equator.


Properties


Shape



Shapes are stretched north–south along the equator, relative to the east–west dimension. This stretching decreases to zero at 33°45' N and S at the central meridian. Nearer the poles, features are compressed in the north–south direction.

Area



Equal area.

Direction



Distorted except at the intersection of 33°45' N and S and the central meridian.

Distance



Scale is distorted everywhere except along 33°45' N and S.


Limitations

Useful only as a world map.


Uses and applications

Thematic maps of the world.


Parameters


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