Cahill Conformal M-shaped Projection
| Cahill Conformal M-shaped Projection | |
|---|---|
| Creator | Bernard J. S. Cahill, Oscar S. Adams (1929 approx.) |
| Group | Polyhedral |
| Property | Conformal |
| Other Names | — |
| Remarks | In 1909, Cahill developed his first (compromise) butterfly map. He succeeded in having Oscar S. Adams develop the mathematics for a conformal version, which he published in 1929. In Cahill’s original arrangement, Africa was placed in the leftmost lobe, the map shown here was centered on 20° West. As far as I know, there’s no established name for the M-shaped variant shown here. The label Cahill Conformal M-shaped Projection was chosen by me for the use on this website. See Four conformal polyhedric projections and more. |
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