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Nevron.Nov.Diagram.Import.Map Namespace / NVanDerGrintenProjection Class
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    The van der Grinten projection is neither equal-area nor conformal. It projects the entire Earth into a circle, though the polar regions are subject to extreme distortion.
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    NVanDerGrintenProjection Class
    Syntax
    public class NVanDerGrintenProjection : NMapProjection 
    Remarks

    The projection was the first of four proposed by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1904, and, unlike most projections, is an arbitrary geometric construction on the plane. It was made famous when the National Geographic Society adopted it as their reference map of the world from 1922 until 1988.

    The projection offers pleasant balance of shape and scale distortion. Boundary is a circle; all parallels and meridians are circular arcs (spacing of parallels is arbitrary). No distortion along the standard parallel at the equator. Usually clipped near 80� N/S.

    Inheritance Hierarchy

    System.Object
       Nevron.Nov.Diagram.Import.Map.NMapProjection
          Nevron.Nov.Diagram.Import.Map.NVanDerGrintenProjection

    Requirements

    Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later)

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