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Mercator vs. Equal Earth

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  Mercator Equal Earth
Creator Gerardus Mercator (1569) Bojan Savric, Tom Patterson, Bernhard Jenny (2018)
Group Cylindric Pseudocylindric
Property Conformal Equal-area
Other Names
Remarks Cut off at 84° North and South 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 Baker Dinomic
Braun Perspective
Central Cylindrical
Kavraiskiy I
Eckert IV
Robinson
Wagner IV

1. Comparison: Physical Map

Mercator
Mercator
Equal Earth
Equal Earth

2. Comparison: Political Map

Mercator
Mercator
Equal Earth
Equal Earth

3. Comparison: Silhouette Map

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Grey areas: Superimposition of projections
Mercator Silhouette Map
Equal Earth Silhouette Map

4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30°

Mercator
Mercator Tissot Indicatrix
Equal Earth
Equal Earth Tissot Indicatrix
 

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