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The Winkel projection is a group of three map projections proposed in 1921 by the German cartographer Oswald Winkel (7 January 1874 – 18 July 1953).

Winkel projections use the arithmetic mean of the equirectangular projection and other projections. There are several variants: the Winkel I projection uses the sinusoidal projection, Winkel II uses the Mollweide projection, and Winkel Tripel (Winkel III) uses the Aitoff projection. Winkel I and II are pseudocylindrical projections, while Winkel III is an azimuthal projection. Of these three variants, the Winkel tripel projection is the most widely known.

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References

  1. "Winkel I—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop".
  2. "Winkel II—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop".
Map projection
By surface
Cylindrical
Mercator-conformal
Equal-area
Pseudocylindrical
Equal-area
Conical
Pseudoconical
Azimuthal
(planar)
General perspective
Pseudoazimuthal
By metric
Conformal
Equal-area
Bonne
Bottomley
Cylindrical
Tobler hyperelliptical
Equidistant in
some aspect
Gnomonic
Loxodromic
Retroazimuthal
(Mecca or Qibla)
By construction
Compromise
Hybrid
Perspective
Planar
Polyhedral
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