page_title: Natural Earth projection
hierarchical_section_title: Natural Earth projection
caption_attribution_description: English: The world on the Natural Earth projection. 15° graticule. Imagery is a derivative of NASA Earth Observatory’s Blue Marble summer month composite with oceans lightened to enhance legibility and contrast. Image created with the Geocart map projection software.
context_page_description: The natural Earth projection is a pseudocylindrical map projection designed by Tom Patterson and introduced in 2012. It is neither conformal nor equal-area.
  It was designed in Flex Projector, a specialized software application that offers a graphical approach for the creation of new projections.
context_section_description: The natural Earth projection is a pseudocylindrical map projection designed by Tom Patterson and introduced in 2012. It is neither conformal nor equal-area.
  It was designed in Flex Projector, a specialized software application that offers a graphical approach for the creation of new projections.
caption: Natural Earth projection of the world.
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