Projection lab

Equal Earth projection: interactive map

Atlas of error · liveEqual EarthClick or tap a country to add its outline

Click a country on the map to add its outline.Tap a country on the map to add its outline.

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Equal Earth projection at a glance

Distortion class
Equal-area
Graticule type
Pseudocylindrical
Creator
B. Šavrič, T. Patterson, B. Jenny
Year
2018
Area
Preserved (equal-area)
Shape
Distorted: stretched north to south in the tropics and mid-latitudes and compressed near the poles, but more gently than Gall-Peters
Distances
Distorted
Angles and directions
Distorted (not conformal)

Add countries from the tools panel and drag them to other latitudes. The outline keeps its true shape and area on the globe, so any change in its size on the map shows this projection's distortion. Tissot's indicatrices and the area distortion map show the same effect across the whole world.