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Behrmann's mMap projection

A cylindrical equal area map projection, described by Behrmann in 1910, mapping the sphere onto a cylinder secant at 30o latitude north and south. This map projections has less average maximal angular distortion than any other equal area map projection, according to Behrmann.

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