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Eckert IV vs. Equal Earth
Eckert IV | Equal Earth | |
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Creator | Max Eckert-Greifendorff (1906) | Bojan Savric, Tom Patterson, Bernhard Jenny (2018) |
Group | Pseudocylindric | Pseudocylindric |
Property | Equal-area | Equal-area |
Other Names | — | — |
Remarks | — | An equal-area projection that was designed to resemble the overall shape of the graticule of the popular (non-equal-area) Robinson projection. See the publication at researchgate.net. |
recommended comparisons | Equal Earth Hufnagel 10 Hufnagel 9 Natural Earth II Nell-Hammer modified Wagner IV |
Eckert IV Robinson Wagner IV |
This pairing is among the list of recommended pairings – but why? While very much alike at first glance, in direct comparision the differences become quite obvious. |
Remark: On these two projections, »scaled to fit« and »scaled to same width« will be quite identical!
1. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to fit
2. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to fit
Eckert IV
![Eckert IV](/img/political/eckert-4.png)
Equal Earth
![Equal Earth](/img/political/equalearth.png)
3. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to fit
![Eckert IV Silhouette Map](/img/rot/eckert-4.png)
![Equal Earth Silhouette Map](/img/gruen/equalearth.png)
4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to fit
Eckert IV
![Eckert IV Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30/eckert-4.jpg)
Equal Earth
![Equal Earth Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30/equalearth.jpg)
5. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to same width
Eckert IV
![Eckert IV](/img/jpg-w/eckert-4.jpg)
Equal Earth
![Equal Earth](/img/jpg-w/equalearth.jpg)
6. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to same width
Eckert IV
![Eckert IV](/img/political-w/eckert-4.png)
Equal Earth
![Equal Earth](/img/political-w/equalearth.png)
7. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to same width
![Eckert IV Silhouette Map](/img/rot-w/eckert-4.png)
![Equal Earth Silhouette Map](/img/gruen-w/equalearth.png)
8. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to same width
Eckert IV
![Eckert IV Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30-w/eckert-4.jpg)
Equal Earth
![Equal Earth Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30-w/equalearth.jpg)
9. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to fit
Eckert IV
![Eckert IV Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15/eckert-4.jpg)
Equal Earth
![Equal Earth Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15/equalearth.jpg)
10. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to same width
Eckert IV
![Eckert IV Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15-w/eckert-4.jpg)
Equal Earth
![Equal Earth Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15-w/equalearth.jpg)