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Equal Earth projection
The Equal Earth map projection is an equal-area pseudocylindrical global map projection, invented by Bojan Šavrič, Bernhard Jenny, and Tom Patterson in 2018.

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WORLD: The Equal Earth map projection is an equal-area pseudocylindrical global map projection, invented by Bojan Šavrič, Bernhard Jenny, and Tom Patterson in 2018. It is inspired by the widely used Robinson projection, but unlike the Robinson projection, it retains the relative size of areas.
The projection equations are simple to implement and fast to evaluate. The United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution to encourage the use of the Equal Earth projection in September 2026, which is expected to affect educational and technological applications.
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