6.4.7 Van der Grinten Projection (-Jv -JV)

The Van der Grinten projection, presented by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1904, is neither equal-area nor conformal. Central meridian and Equator are straight lines; other meridians are arcs of circles. The scale is true along the Equator only. Its main use is to show the entire world enclosed in a circle. 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 (-Jv), or map width (-JV)

Centered on the Dateline, the example below was created by this command:

pscoast -Rg -JV180/4i -Bg30/g15 -Dc -Glightgray -A10000 -W0.25p -P > GMT_grinten.ps

Figure 6.29: World map using the Van der Grinten projection.