Accurately Proportioned World Map

Accurately proportioned world map

Maps are compromises between distorting the angles of latitude and longitude lines and the relative areas of the continents and oceans. The projection first created in 1999 frames the world s physical components in a 2d rectangle attempting to represent their relative sizes as accurately as possible. Hajime narukawa used a method called authagraph projection to make this accurately proportioned map.

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This methods divides the spherical earth into 96 regions which are then mapped on an inflated.

No accurate maps for centuries cartographers have made numerous attempts to account for the inconsistency. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. We all know most maps of the world aren t entirely accurate.

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Tom patterson equal earth projection map. Some were made for specific purposes while others just tried to find the cartographic sweet spot. But a designer in japan has created a map that s so accurate it s almost as good as a globe and it s probably one of the best estimations you ll see of the real size of countries.

He claims the above map called the authagraph world map achieves this task.

For starters africa is way bigger than it looks and greenland isn t nearly so vast.
Think about a map of the world.
The image you re picturing will most likely resemble the mercator projection a 2d representation of the globe created in the 1500s which most maps you commonly.
New world map shows just how inaccurate every map you ve ever seen is the equal earth projection hopes to put an end to distorted world maps for good.