6.4.3 Winkel Tripel Projection (-Jr -JR)

The Winkel Tripel projection, presented by Oswald Winkel in 1921, is a modified azimuthal projection that is neither conformal nor equal-area. Central meridian and equator are straight lines; other parallels and meridians are curved. The projection is obtained by averaging the coordinates of the Equidistant Cylindrical and Aitoff (not Hammer-Aitoff) projections. The poles map into straight lines 0.4 times the length of equator. To use it you must enter

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The central meridian

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Scale along equator in inch/degree or 1:xxxxx (-Jr), or map width (-JR)

Centered on Greenwich, the example in Figure 6.23 was created by this command:

pscoast -Rd -JR0/4.5i -Bg30/g15 -Dc -A10000 -Ggray -P > GMT_winkel.ps

Figure 6.23: World map using the Winkel Tripel projection.