Van der Grinten projection

The Van der Grinten projection, presented by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1904, is neither equal-area nor conformal. Central meridian and Equator are straight lines; other meridians are arcs of circles. The scale is true along the Equator only. Its main use is to show the entire world enclosed in a circle.

v[lon0/]scale or V[lon0/]width

  • v or V: Sets the projection type.

  • lon0: Sets the central meridian [Optional].

  • scale or width: Sets the map size.

misc van der grinten
import pygmt
from pygmt.params import Axis

fig = pygmt.Figure()
# Use region "d" to specify global region (-180/180/-90/90)
fig.coast(
    region="d",
    projection="V12c",
    frame=Axis(annot=True, tick=True, grid=True),
    land="ivory",
    water="bisque4",
)
fig.show()

Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.218 seconds)

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