Eckert IV projection - Eckert IV projection

Japanese: エッケルト第4図法 - えっけるとだいよんずほう
Eckert IV projection - Eckert IV projection

… Equal-area projections are useful for comparing the areas of countries and continents, and are used as the base for creating distribution maps and density maps. Among these, the projections most often used for drawing maps of the entire world are the Sanson projection, Mollweide projection, Hammer projection, Eckert IV projection, and Eckert VI projection (Figure 2). When showing a portion of the Earth (such as a continent, Japan, or its surrounding areas), the Lambert Equal-area Conic projection, the Equal-area Conic projection, and the Bonne projection are often used. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Eckert IV projection" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 正積図法の地図は,国や大陸などの面積を比較するのに都合がよく,分布図や密度図などを作成する場合の基図となる。このうち世界全図を描く場合によく用いられる図法は,サンソン図法,モルワイデ図法,ハンメル図法,エッケルト第4図法,同第6図法などである(図2)。地球の一部(大陸や日本とその周辺など)を表示する場合には,ランベルト正積円錐図法,同正積方位図法,ボンヌ図法などがよく用いられる。…

※「エッケルト第4図法」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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