This National Geographic map showcases the Winkle Tripel projection. According to Wikipedia the Winkle Tripel projection is a modified azimuthal projection by Oswald Winkel that does its best to minimize area, direction and distance distortion. This is most easily seen near the poles. In recent years this projection has replaced the National Geographic's use of the Robinson projection for World Maps.
I picked this map because I really like looking at world maps and I thought this one had a nice look and good use of color. I also liked the four insets found in each of the cornors of the map. The top two insets use an Azimuthal Equidistant projection showing the North and South Polar Regions. The bottom two insets use an Interrupted Goode Homolosine projection to show world vegetation and land use, and world population density.
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