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What do you mean the continents are not distorted. South America looks pretty distorted to me, so does Australia.
by ant6n 10y ago
What do you mean the continents are not distorted. South America looks pretty distorted to me, so does Australia.
- kuschku 10y agoA lot less than on Mercator, which is the only other projection with the same properties.
- ant6n 10y agoMercator is not area-preserving. It's angle preserving. It's perfect for things like Google Maps, because no matter where you zoom in, a small geographical area will not be distorted. It will merely be represented at a different scale. When zoomed in, there are no distortions using Mercator.
- kuschku 10y agoCorrect. Which this one does well enough, too, at the scales required for web maps. Which makes this very awesome.