equal-area
Preserving relative sizes
Equal-area describes a map projection that preserves the relative sizes of regions—a country twice as large as another appears twice as large on the map.
This accuracy in area comes at the cost of distorting shapes, especially near the edges.
The Gall-Peters projection is a famous equal-area map that stretches Africa and South America vertically while compressing northern landmasses.
Wave-patterned, mathematically regular
- hammerTool for striking nails
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
- conicTapering to apex
- azimuthalConcerning horizontal angular direction
Twisting from original state
- tessellationGapless plane coverage
- cartogramMap distorted by statistics
sinusoidal
Wave-patterned, mathematically regular
- hammerTool for striking nails
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
- conicTapering to apex
distortion
Twisting from original state
- tessellationGapless plane coverage
- cartogramMap distorted by statistics
population density
Inhabitants per unit area
- world mapsGeographic depictions of Earth
equal-areaconformal
Maintains angles locally
equidistant · azimuthal · Mercator · Mercator projection · stereographic
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