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Gall-Peters vs. Patterson Cylindrical
Gall-Peters | Patterson Cylindrical | |
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Creator | James Gall / Arno Peters (1852 / 1967) | Tom Patterson, Bojan Savric, Bernhard Jenny (2014) |
Group | Cylindric | Cylindric |
Property | Equal-area | Compromise |
Other Names |
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Remarks | Original design by James Gall, independently developed again by Arno Peters in 1967 and presented to the public in 1973. | 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. |
recommended comparisons | Strebe-Hammer 29°S | Miller Equirectangular (28°) Equirectangular (35.6°) |
1. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to fit
2. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to fit
Gall-Peters
![Gall-Peters](/img/political/gall-peters.png)
Patterson Cylindrical
![Patterson Cylindrical](/img/political/patterson-cylindrical-projection.png)
3. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to fit
![Gall-Peters Silhouette Map](/img/rot/gall-peters.png)
![Patterson Cylindrical Silhouette Map](/img/gruen/patterson-cylindrical-projection.png)
4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to fit
Gall-Peters
![Gall-Peters Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30/gall-peters.jpg)
Patterson Cylindrical
![Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30/patterson-cylindrical-projection.jpg)
5. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to same width
Gall-Peters
![Gall-Peters](/img/jpg-w/gall-peters.jpg)
Patterson Cylindrical
![Patterson Cylindrical](/img/jpg-w/patterson-cylindrical-projection.jpg)
6. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to same width
Gall-Peters
![Gall-Peters](/img/political-w/gall-peters.png)
Patterson Cylindrical
![Patterson Cylindrical](/img/political-w/patterson-cylindrical-projection.png)
7. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to same width
![Gall-Peters Silhouette Map](/img/rot-w/gall-peters.png)
![Patterson Cylindrical Silhouette Map](/img/gruen-w/patterson-cylindrical-projection.png)
8. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to same width
Gall-Peters
![Gall-Peters Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30-w/gall-peters.jpg)
Patterson Cylindrical
![Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30-w/patterson-cylindrical-projection.jpg)
9. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to fit
Gall-Peters
![Gall-Peters Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15/gall-peters.jpg)
Patterson Cylindrical
![Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15/patterson-cylindrical-projection.jpg)
10. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to same width
Gall-Peters
![Gall-Peters Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15-w/gall-peters.jpg)
Patterson Cylindrical
![Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15-w/patterson-cylindrical-projection.jpg)