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Wagner IX.i vs. Winkel Tripel
| Wagner IX.i | Winkel Tripel | |
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| Creator | Karlheinz Wagner (1949) | Oswald Winkel (1921) |
| Group | Lenticular | Lenticular |
| Property | Compromise | Compromise |
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| Remarks | Horizontally compressed to 88% of the original width. Wagner himself proposed this modification in order to approximate to the shape of the Winkel Tripel projection. The label IX.i is used only on this website. Previously it was listed as Wagner Y5, see Naming Wagner IX.i. |
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| recommended comparisons | Winkel Tripel Wagner IX |
Ciric I Natural Earth II Wagner IX.i Winkel Tripel Bartholomew Winkel Tripel BOPC |
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This pairing is among the list of recommended pairings – but why? Wagner himself proposed to compress his IX projection to 88% of its original width to approximate Winkel Tripel’s outer shape. |
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1. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to fit
Wagner IX.i
Winkel Tripel
2. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to fit
Wagner IX.i
Winkel Tripel
3. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to fit
4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to fit
Wagner IX.i
Winkel Tripel
5. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to same width
Wagner IX.i
Winkel Tripel
6. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to same width
Wagner IX.i
Winkel Tripel
7. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to same width
8. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to same width
Wagner IX.i
Winkel Tripel
9. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to fit
Wagner IX.i
Winkel Tripel
10. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to same width
Wagner IX.i
Winkel Tripel
