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Patterson Cylindrical vs. Equirectangular (28°)
Patterson Cylindrical | Equirectangular (28°) | |
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Creator | Tom Patterson, Bojan Savric, Bernhard Jenny (2014) | Marinus of Tyre (about AD 100) |
Group | Cylindric | Cylindric |
Property | Compromise | Equidistant |
Other Names | — | — |
Remarks | The Patterson cylindrical balances polar exaggeration against maintaining the familiar shape of continents. Read Introducing the Patterson Cylindrical Projection on cartographicperspectives.org. Here on map-projections.net there’s an article about Patterson Cylindrical. Note: Up to the end of 2019 I showed a wrong rendition of the Patterson projection here (having a false aspect ratio). The current image is correct. Read the blogpost about this. |
Here: Standard parallels at 28° North/South in order to get an aspect ratio close to the Patterson projection. |
recommended comparisons | Miller Equirectangular (28°) Equirectangular (35.6°) |
Patterson |
This pairing is among the list of recommended pairings – but why? To clearly show how the Patterson projection »balances polar exaggeration against maintaining the familiar shape of continents«. |
1. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to fit
2. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to fit
Patterson Cylindrical

Equirectangular (28°)

3. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to fit


Patterson Cylindrical Silhouette Map c Tobias Jung
Equirectangular (28°) Silhouette Map c Tobias Jung
4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to fit
Patterson Cylindrical

Equirectangular (28°)

Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix c Tobias Jung
Equirectangular (28°) Tissot Indicatrix c Tobias Jung
5. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to same width
Patterson Cylindrical

Equirectangular (28°)

6. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to same width
Patterson Cylindrical

Equirectangular (28°)

7. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to same width


Patterson Cylindrical Silhouette Map c Tobias Jung
Equirectangular (28°) Silhouette Map c Tobias Jung
8. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to same width
Patterson Cylindrical

Equirectangular (28°)

Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix c Tobias Jung
Equirectangular (28°) Tissot Indicatrix c Tobias Jung
9. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to fit
Patterson Cylindrical

Equirectangular (28°)

Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix c Tobias Jung
Equirectangular (28°) Tissot Indicatrix c Tobias Jung
10. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to same width
Patterson Cylindrical

Equirectangular (28°)

Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix c Tobias Jung
Equirectangular (28°) Tissot Indicatrix c Tobias Jung