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Albers vs. Mercator
Albers | Mercator | |
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Creator | Heinrich C. Albers (1805) | Gerardus Mercator (1569) |
Group | Conic | Cylindric |
Property | Equal-area | Conformal |
Other Names |
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Remarks | Standard parallels in the image: 10° and 70° North. (Image is truncated) If the standard parallels are set to the pole and another parallel, it becomes the Lambert Equal-Area Conic projection. |
Cut off at 84° North and South |
recommended comparisons | — | Baker Dinomic Braun Perspective Central Cylindrical Kavraiskiy I |
1. Comparison: Physical Map
2. Comparison: Political Map
Albers

Mercator

3. Comparison: Silhouette Map


4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30°
Albers

Mercator
