map
Robinson projection
Compromise projection preserving neither angles nor areas but limiting both distortions.
Classification
- map
- the name evokes: eponym
Sources (10)
27 occurrences in the corpus; indexed by 6 books
- Better data visualizations: a guide for scholars, researchers, and wonks
- Cartography: thematic map design
- Data visualization handbook
- dataphys.org
- Design for information: an introduction to the histories, theories, and best practices ...
- Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference
- The grammar of graphics
- Thematic Cartography and Geovisualization
- Wikipedia in English↗
- Wilke, Fundamentals of Data Visualization, O'Reilly, 2019
Cite this entry
Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/robinson-projection.html
ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. Robinson projection. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/robinson-projection.html
BibTeX
@incollection{taudiere2026-robinson-projection,
author = {Taudière, Adrien},
title = {Robinson projection},
booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
year = {2026},
version = {1.0.0},
publisher = {IdEst},
url = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/robinson-projection.html},
note = {CC0 1.0}
}Page created on 2026-10-13. Text last changed on 2026-10-13. Images last changed on 2026-10-13. Numbers computed on 2026-10-22.