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Winkel-Denner IV (50.46°)

 

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  Winkel-Denner IV (50.46°)
Creator Peter Denner (2023)
Group Lenticular
Property Compromise
Other Names
  • Winkel Tripel rounded corners lower areal distortion
Remarks Arithmetic mean of the equirectangular (with φ0 ≈ 50°28´) and Aitoff projections for the x values, and of the Aitoff and (scaled up) Hammer projections for the y values. Originally presented in a thread in the mapthematics forum.
Also see the blogpost The Winkel-Denner Projections.

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