Natural Earth Projection
The Natural Earth projection is a Map projection#Pseudocylindrical, pseudocylindrical map projection designed by Tom Patterson (cartographer), Tom Patterson and introduced in 2008. It is neither Map_projection#Conformal, conformal nor Map_projection#Equal-area, equal-area, but a compromise between the two. In its original presentation, the projection's origin is described as "The impetus for creating the Natural Earth projection was dissatisfaction with existing world map projections for displaying physical data." Further criteria follow, ending with "The ideal projection needed to be both functional and rather familiar in appearance." The Natural Earth projection was originally designed in Flex Projector, a specialized software application that offers a graphical approach for the creation of new projections. Subsequently, Bojan Šavrič developed a polynomial expression of the projection. The projection may also be referred to as the Natural Earth I projection, due to subseq ...
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Natural Earth Projection SW
Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physics, physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomenon, phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena. The word ''nature'' is borrowed from the Old French ''nature'' and is derived from the Latin word ''natura'', or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth". In ancient philosophy, ''natura'' is mostly used as the Latin translation of the Greek word ''physis'' (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics of plants, animals, and other features of the world to develop of their own accord. The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion; it began with certain core applications of the word � ...
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