http://www.metafilter.com/tags/robinsonprojection Posts tagged with 'robinsonprojection' at MetaFilter. Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:53:09 -0800 Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:53:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/37002/Robinson%2DMap%2DProjection <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1116death16.html">Arthur Robinson died</a> last week. He is famous for the <a href="http://www.geography.wisc.edu/maplib/rob_proj.html">Robinson Projection</a> which compromised on the <a href="http://www.petersmap.com/page3.html">Greenland problem</a> of while being (IMO) more pleasing than the <a href="http://www.petersmap.com/table.html">Peters Map</a>. The map was widely used by the <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/">National Geographic Society</a> in the 70s and 80s making it one of the most familiar to a generation of adults. The wikipedia has a summary of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_projection">advantages and disadvantages</a> of the Robinson map as a compromise between equal area and spatial distortion. The <a href="http://www.geography.wisc.edu/maplib/about.html">map library</a> at the University of Wisconsin is named for him. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.37002 Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:53:09 -0800 arthurrobinson brokenlink cartography maps obit petersmap robinsonprojection KirkJobSluder