Van der Grinten projection
Proyección de Van der Grinten
- Date
- 1898 · confidence medium
- Place
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Credited to
- Alphons J. van der Grinten
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What it is
A compromise map projection that fits the whole Earth inside a circle, keeping the general look of the Mercator projection while reducing its distortion, though with severe distortion at the poles.
What it led to
- Adoption by the National Geographic Society as its standard projection (1922-1988)
- Later replacement by the Robinson projection
- Influence on later compromise projections