My Projection Collection:
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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 |
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| Remarks | — | — |
| recommended comparisons | McBryde-Thomas #1 Mollweide Sinucyli [1] |
Kavraiskiy V Natural Earth II |
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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. |
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Remark: On these two projections, »scaled to fit« and »scaled to same width« will be quite identical!
1. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to fit
Kavraiskiy V
Mollweide
2. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to fit
Kavraiskiy V
Mollweide
3. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to fit
4. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to fit
Kavraiskiy V
Mollweide
5. Comparison: Physical Map – scaled to same width
Kavraiskiy V
Mollweide
6. Comparison: Political Map – scaled to same width
Kavraiskiy V
Mollweide
7. Comparison: Silhouette Map – scaled to same width
8. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 30° – scaled to same width
Kavraiskiy V
Mollweide
9. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to fit
Kavraiskiy V
Mollweide
10. Comparison: Tissot Indicatrix, 15° – scaled to same width
Kavraiskiy V
Mollweide
