Mollweide projection
/ˈmɒlvaɪdə/noun
mass noun
- a projection of a map of the world on to an ellipse, with lines of latitude represented by straight lines (spaced more closely towards the poles) and meridians represented by equally spaced elliptical curves. This projection distorts shape but preserves relative area摩尔魏特投影。
词源
early 20th cent.: named after Karl B. Mollweide (died 1825), German mathematician and astronomer.