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## Hammer Projection (-–Jh -–JH)

The equal-area Hammer projection, first presented by Ernst von Hammer in 1892, is also known as Hammer-Aitoff (the Aitoff projection looks similar, but is not equal-area). The border is an ellipse, equator and central meridian are straight lines, while other parallels and meridians are complex curves. The projection is defined by selecting:

  The central meridian

  Scale along equator in inch/degree or 1:xxxxx (-Jh), or map width (-JH)

A view of the Pacific ocean using the Dateline as central meridian is accomplished thus

    pscoast -R0/360/-90/90 -JH180/4.5i -Bg30/g15 -Dc -A10000 -G0 -P >! GMT_hammer.ps

Figure 5.26: World map using the Hammer projection