The Werner projection is a pseudoconic equal-area

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sometimes called the Stab-Werner or Stabius-Werner projection. Like other

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-shaped projections, it is also categorized as cordiform. ''Stab-Werner'' refers to two originators: Johannes Werner (1466–1528), a

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in Nuremberg, refined and promoted this projection that had been developed earlier by Johannes Stabius (Stab) of

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around 1500. The projection is a limiting form of the Bonne projection, having its standard parallel at one of the poles (90°N/S).. Distances along each parallel and along the central meridian are correct, as are all distances from the north pole.

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* *. {{Map Projections Map projections Equal-area projections

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