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Kavraiskiy V vs. Mollweide
Kavraiskiy V | Mollweide | |
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Creator | Vladimir V. Kavraiskiy (1933) | Karl Brandan Mollweide (1805) |
Group | Pseudocylindric | Pseudocylindric |
Property | Equal-area | Equal-area |
Other Names |
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Remarks | — | — |
recommended comparisons | McBryde-Thomas #1 Mollweide Sinucyli [1] |
Kavraiskiy V Natural Earth II |
This pairing is among the list of recommended pairings – but why? Differences are quite obvious near the poles. Nonetheless, I thought that these two might be interesting to compare. |
Remark: On these two projections, »scaled to fit« and »scaled to same width« will be quite identical!
1. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to fit
2. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to fit
Kavraiskiy V
![Kavraiskiy V](/img/political/kavraisky-5.png)
Mollweide
![Mollweide](/img/political/mollweide.png)
3. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to fit
![Kavraiskiy V Silhouette Map](/img/rot/kavraisky-5.png)
![Mollweide Silhouette Map](/img/gruen/mollweide.png)
4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to fit
Kavraiskiy V
![Kavraiskiy V Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30/kavraisky-5.jpg)
Mollweide
![Mollweide Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30/mollweide.jpg)
5. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to same width
Kavraiskiy V
![Kavraiskiy V](/img/jpg-w/kavraisky-5.jpg)
Mollweide
![Mollweide](/img/jpg-w/mollweide.jpg)
6. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to same width
Kavraiskiy V
![Kavraiskiy V](/img/political-w/kavraisky-5.png)
Mollweide
![Mollweide](/img/political-w/mollweide.png)
7. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to same width
![Kavraiskiy V Silhouette Map](/img/rot-w/kavraisky-5.png)
![Mollweide Silhouette Map](/img/gruen-w/mollweide.png)
8. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to same width
Kavraiskiy V
![Kavraiskiy V Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30-w/kavraisky-5.jpg)
Mollweide
![Mollweide Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-30-w/mollweide.jpg)
9. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to fit
Kavraiskiy V
![Kavraiskiy V Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15/kavraisky-5.jpg)
Mollweide
![Mollweide Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15/mollweide.jpg)
10. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to same width
Kavraiskiy V
![Kavraiskiy V Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15-w/kavraisky-5.jpg)
Mollweide
![Mollweide Tissot Indicatrix](/img/tissot-15-w/mollweide.jpg)