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Gringorten vs. Peirce Quincuncial
| Gringorten | Peirce Quincuncial | |
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| Creator | Irving I. Gringorten (1972) | Charles Sanders Peirce (1879) |
| Group | Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous |
| Property | Equal-area | Conformal |
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| Remarks | Gringorten wanted to create a square map in order to efficiently use space (e.g. in printed articles). Moreover it should be equal-area and without massive distortions or interruptions of the continents. In the image, the map is centered to 20° West. |
The equator (red line in the image) is a square whose corners are the only four points on the map which fail to be conformal. In the image, the map is centered to 20° West. |
| recommended comparisons | Peirce Quincuncial | Gringorten |
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This pairing is among the list of recommended pairings – but why? Not similar to each other, they share the same unusual segmentation of the earth. |
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1. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to fit
Gringorten
Peirce Quincuncial
2. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to fit
Gringorten
Peirce Quincuncial
3. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to fit
4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to fit
Gringorten
Peirce Quincuncial
5. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to same width
Gringorten
Peirce Quincuncial
6. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to same width
Gringorten
Peirce Quincuncial
7. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to same width
8. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to same width
Gringorten
Peirce Quincuncial
9. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to fit
Gringorten
Peirce Quincuncial
10. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to same width
Gringorten
Peirce Quincuncial
