Robinson Projection
Empirical Pseudocylindrical
Created by Arthur Robinson in 1963 for Rand McNally, and used by National Geographic from 1988 to 1998. It's defined by a lookup table rather than a formula — Robinson simply drew what looked right and reverse-engineered the maths. Nothing is preserved perfectly, but it's widely beloved.
- Preserves
- Visual balance across the whole map
- Distorts
- Area and shape slightly everywhere
- Group
- Pseudocylindrical
- Weirdness
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