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New measures for analysis and comparison of shape distortion in world map projections

Melih BasaranerDivision of Cartography, Department of Geomatic Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sinan CetinkayaDivision of Cartography, Department of Geomatic Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, TurkeyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3133-6514
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Pages 518-531 | Received 26 Dec 2017, Accepted 07 Jan 2019, Published online: 04 Feb 2019

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