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A homolosine map is a map of the earth's surface laid out on the basis of sinusoidal curves, with the interruptions over ocean areas distorted so that the continents appear with minimal distortion.

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What type of map looks like an orange peel?

Goode Homolosine Projection.


What is the distorted in a homolosine projection?

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