SINUSOIDAL

PROJECTION
• PSEUDOCYLINDRICAL EQUAL-AREA
MAP PROJECTION

• ALSO KNOWN AS JANSON-FLAMSTEED

OR MERCATOR EQUAL-AREA PROJECTION
• IS MATHEMATICALLY BASED ON A
CYLINDER TANGENT ON THE EQUATOR.

• MAY HAVE SEVERAL CENTRAL MERIDIAN

TO HELP REDUCE DISTORTION AT HIGH
LATATUDE.

• THERE IS NO ANGULAR DEFORMATION

ALONG THE CENTRAL MERIDIAN AND THE
EQUATOR.
• MERIDIAN ARE SINUSOIDAL CURVES.
CURVED CONCAVE TOWARD A STRAIGHT
CENTRAL MERIDIAN

• ALL PARALLES ARE STRAIGHT LINES

• LINEAR SCALE IS TRUE ON THE PARALLEL

& THE CENTRAL MERIDIAN.
• MARIDIAN SPACING IS EQUAL &
DECREASES TOWARDS THE POLES.

• PARALLEL SPACING IS EQUAL.

• THE GRATICULE SPACING RETAINS THE

PROPERTY AT EQUIVALENCE OF AREA.
• USED AS AN EQUAL-AREA PROJECTION
TO PORTRAY AREAS THAT HAVE A
MAXIMUM EXTENT IN A NORTH-SOUTH
DIRECTION.

• USED AS AN WORLD EQUAL-AREA

PROJECTION IN ATLASSES TO SHOW
DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS.
INTERPRETED VERSION OF
SINUSOIDAL PROJECTION
• INTRODUCED IN 1927

• USED BY U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AS

THE BASE FOR MAPS SHOWING
PROSPECTIVE HYDROCARBON
PROVINCES OF THE WORLD AND
SEDIMENTARY BEARING OF THE
WORLD.