NWinkelTripelProjection Class

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The Winkel Tripel projection (Winkel III) is a modified azimuthal map projection proposed by Oswald Winkel in 1921. The projection is the arithmetic mean of the equirectangular projection and the Aitoff projection.

Object Model

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
<System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIncludeAttribute(Nevron.Diagram.Maps.NAitoffProjection)>
<System.SerializableAttribute()>
Public Class NWinkelTripelProjection 
   Inherits NMapProjection

'Usage
 
Dim instance As NWinkelTripelProjection

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlInclude(Nevron.Diagram.Maps.NAitoffProjection)]
[System.Serializable()]
public class NWinkelTripelProjection : NMapProjection

Remarks

Goldberg and Gott show that the Winkel Tripel is arguably the best overall whole-earth map projection known, producing very small distance errors, small combinations of ellipticity and area errors, and the smallest skewness of any map. In 1998, the Winkel Tripel projection replaced the Robinson projection as the standard projection for world maps made by the National Geographic Society.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Nevron.Diagram.Maps.NMapProjection
Nevron.Diagram.Maps.NWinkelTripelProjection

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

NWinkelTripelProjection Members
Nevron.Diagram.Maps Namespace

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