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  Albers Mercator
Creator Heinrich C. Albers (1805) Gerardus Mercator (1569)
Group Conic Cylindric
Property Equal-area Conformal
Other Names
  • Albers equal-area conic projection
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

Albers
Albers
Mercator
Mercator

2. Comparison: Political Map

Albers
Albers
Mercator
Mercator

3. Comparison: Silhouette Map

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Grey areas: Superimposition of projections
Albers Silhouette Map
Mercator Silhouette Map

4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30°

Albers
Albers Tissot Indicatrix
Mercator
Mercator Tissot Indicatrix
 

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