In other words, most map projections show you so much that they lose their perspective. The azimuthal orthographic is all about perspective. It also has geometric distortions, but only for ...

is well known for its distortions of areas at high latitudes. It turns out that another projection — the azimuthal equidistant projection – provides exactly what we want: It measures distance ...

“For example, Mercators projection is true to scale only along the equator, and azimuthal projection is ... areas albeit with exaggerated shape distortions.” According to the Institute ...

By their calculations, the Mercator projection scores 8.296 and Winkel Tripel does better at 4.563. Their own azimuthal equidistant double-sided projection, meanwhile, scores 0.881. “We believe ...