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The
Mollweide projection
is an
equal-area
,
pseudocylindrical
map projection generally used for global maps of the world or night sky. The projection was first published by mathematician and astronomer
Karl Mollweide
of
Leipzig
in 1805 but reinvented and popularized in 1857 by
Jacques Babinet
. The projection trades accuracy of angle and shape for accuracy of proportions in area, and as such is used where that property is needed, such as maps depicting global distributions.
Map:
Strebe
, using Geocart