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Every couple of full moons I like to experiment with making my own map projections. Equal-area projection of the land and water hemispheres.

 aponigricon   ( @aponigricon@beehaw.org )  Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 1 year ago
 
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Every couple of full moons I like to experiment with making my own map projections. Equal-area projection of the land and water hemispheres.

 aponigricon   ( @aponigricon@beehaw.org )  Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 1 year ago
 

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  • Land and water hemispheres
  • Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area
  • Created with Matplotlib in Python and Paint.NET for post-processing.
  •  aponigricon   ( @aponigricon@beehaw.org ) OP
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    1 year ago

    So close to South America!

    I also made a wider version that is intended to accommodate South America more:

    In addition, it just struck me that the OP map might illustrate perfectly the way Chileans perceive the position of their own country in the world.

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