How the Map is Made
Projection surface changes with projection type
New Poles
New North Pole N′
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Redefined coordinate: 90° N
New South Pole S′
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Redefined coordinate: 90° S
Distortion Legend
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Size distortion
Shape distortion
Click on the map to set the new North Pole
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Unfixed Earth
Redefine the pole. Regenerate the map.
Projection
Equirectangular
Mercator
Gall-Peters
Cylindrical Equal Area
Robinson
Mollweide
Lambert Conformal Conic
Albers Equal-Area Conic
Azimuthal Equidistant
Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area
Orthographic
Peirce Quincuncial
Graticule
Redefined
Original
Controls
Reset
Replay Animation
Map Seam
Change Seam
Seam: 180°
Distortion Analysis
Show Distortion Compare
Distortion Presets
Min Size Distortion
Max Size Distortion
Min Shape Distortion
Max Shape Distortion