Werner projection
map projection
The Werner projection is a pseudoconic equal-area map projection sometimes called the Stab–Werner or Stabius–Werner projection. Like other heart-shaped projections, it is also categorized as cordiform. Stab–Werner refers to two originators: Johannes Werner (1466–1528), a parish priest in Nuremberg, refined and promoted this projection that had been developed earlier by Johannes Stabius (Stab) of Vienna around 1500.
The projection is a limiting form of the Bonne projection, having its standard parallel at one of the poles (90°N/S). Distances along each parallel and along the central meridian are correct, as are all distances from the north pole.
See also
Cardioid
List of map projections
References
External links
Media related to Maps with Stab-Werner projection at Wikimedia Commons
Table of examples and properties of all common projections, Radical Cartography.
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