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Patterson Cylindrical vs. Equirectangular (28°)

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  Patterson Cylindrical Equirectangular (28°)
Creator Tom Patterson, Bojan Savric, Bernhard Jenny (2014) Marinus of Tyre (about AD 100)
Group Cylindric Cylindric
Property Compromise Equidistant
Other Names — —
Remarks 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.
Here: Standard parallels at 28° North/South in order to get an aspect ratio close to the Patterson projection.
recommended comparisons Miller
Equirectangular (28°)
Equirectangular (35.6°)
Patterson
This pairing is among the list of recommended pairings – but why?
To clearly show how the Patterson projection »balances polar exaggeration against maintaining the familiar shape of continents«.

1. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to fit

Patterson Cylindrical
Patterson Cylindrical
Equirectangular (28°)
Equirectangular (28°)

2. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to fit

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Grey areas: Superimposition of projections
Patterson Cylindrical Silhouette Map
Equirectangular (28°) Silhouette Map

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

Patterson Cylindrical
Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix
Equirectangular (28°)
Equirectangular (28°) Tissot Indicatrix

4. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to same width

Patterson Cylindrical
Patterson Cylindrical
Equirectangular (28°)
Equirectangular (28°)

5. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to same width

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Patterson Cylindrical Silhouette Map
Equirectangular (28°) Silhouette Map

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

Patterson Cylindrical
Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix
Equirectangular (28°)
Equirectangular (28°) Tissot Indicatrix

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

Patterson Cylindrical
Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix
Equirectangular (28°)
Equirectangular (28°) Tissot Indicatrix

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

Patterson Cylindrical
Patterson Cylindrical Tissot Indicatrix
Equirectangular (28°)
Equirectangular (28°) Tissot Indicatrix
 

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