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Mercator vs. Mollweide

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  Mercator Mollweide
Creator Gerardus Mercator (1569) Karl Brandan Mollweide (1805)
Group Cylindric Pseudocylindric
Property Conformal Equal-area
Other Names
  • Babinet projection
  • Homolographic projection
Remarks Cut off at 84° North and South
recommended comparisons Baker Dinomic
Braun Perspective
Central Cylindrical
Kavraiskiy I
Kavraiskiy V
Natural Earth II

1. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to fit

Mercator
Mercator
Mollweide
Mollweide

2. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to fit

Mercator
Mercator
Mollweide
Mollweide

3. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to fit

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

4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to fit

Mercator
Mercator Tissot Indicatrix
Mollweide
Mollweide Tissot Indicatrix

5. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to same width

Mercator
Mercator
Mollweide
Mollweide

6. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to same width

Mercator
Mercator
Mollweide
Mollweide

7. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to same width

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

8. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to same width

Mercator
Mercator Tissot Indicatrix
Mollweide
Mollweide Tissot Indicatrix

9. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to fit

Mercator
Mercator Tissot Indicatrix
Mollweide
Mollweide Tissot Indicatrix

10. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to same width

Mercator
Mercator Tissot Indicatrix
Mollweide
Mollweide Tissot Indicatrix
 

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