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Mapping the Oceans | National Geographic
World maps usually center on the land, with the Pacific Ocean divided as bookends. To show each ocean as a whole with the least distortion for our "Beneath the Oceans" supplement map, we used a map projection called an interrupted Mollweide centered on the Pacific.
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Map and narration by Martin Gamache and Jane Vessels, NGM Staff
Bathymetric Relief by Tibor G. Tóth
Map projection animation by Daniel 'daan' Strebe, Mapthematics
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Published Aug 15, 2012