Description
Cylindric projection intended to balance polar exaggeration against familiar continental shapes, with a compact aspect ratio.
Classifications
cylindric
compromise
Graticule
Meridians: Straight, evenly spaced.
Parallels: Straight, with spacing slightly greater reality at the equator and slowly increasing away from it. At about ±60°, the trend reverses until spacing reaches correct at about ±81°. At higher latitudes, spacing is too small.
Distortion
Every point on the map is distorted. Both areal and angular distortion are low near the equator and increase gradually toward the poles.
Origin
Designed by Tom Patterson and formulated by Bojan Šavrič and Bernhard Jenny in 2015.