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Spilhaus-August

 

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  Spilhaus-August
Creator Athelstan F. Spilhaus (1942)
Group Miscellaneous
Property Conformal
Other Names
  • Spilhaus World Ocean Map in an Epicycloid (no established name, but it seems a good choice)
Remarks Transversal aspect of August Epicykloidal to show the world ocean (almost) without interruptions.
Usually shown in portrait orientation, here rotated by 90° CCW for technical reasons.
See my blogpost about the Spilhaus projections.

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