The Hobo-Dyer map projection is a cylindrical equal area projection with standard parallels (that is, without longitude and latitude distortions) at 37.5 ° north and south.
Such a map was created in 2002 by ODT Maps , a cartographic company commissioned by its managers Howard Bronstein and Bob Abrams; the original project was completed by the cartographer Mick Dyer, modifying the 1910 Berman projection for this. The name of the new projection was made up of the initial letters of the names of Bronstein and Abrams and the name of Dyer.
The ODT map was originally printed on two sides, north up on one side and south up on the other. This circumstance, together with equal flatness, was intended to provide an alternative to the more familiar non-flat projections with the north above. The same goal was achieved, for example, in the Gall-Peters projection , however, the Hobo-Dyer looks more convenient [1] .
In the same 2002, the Hobo-Dyer projection was used by the Carter Center in an advertising and information campaign after Jimmy Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize (68 countries in which the Center operates) were marked on the map [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Hobo-Dyer projection . Date of treatment February 17, 2006.
- ↑ President Carter's Nobel Prize: Presidential Peace Prize Means New Map Goes International . Date of treatment June 28, 2011. Archived December 30, 2012.
See also
- The Upsidedown Map Page . Date of treatment February 17, 2006. Archived December 30, 2012.