APHG Map Projections

Mercator Map Projection strength

Preserves precise direction

Mercator Map Projection weakness

❌distorts size at the poles.

Goode Homolosine Projection

Goode Homolosine Projection strength

Minimizes most distortion

and maintains size

Goode Homolosine Projection weakness

Hard to present information easily

Bad for direction

Fuller Projection

Maintains the size and shape of landmasses but has challenges for presenting information and does not use cardinal directions.

Fuller Projection strengths

Maintains size and shape of land mass

Fuller Projection weakness

Hard to present information easily

Does not use cardinal directions

Robinson Projection

Robinson Projection strength

Minimizes distortion by spreading it throughout the aspects of the map.

Winkel Tripel Projection

distorts the poles and curves latitude and longitude lines.

Winkel Tripel Projection strength

Minimizes distortion in land, distance, and direction

Winkel Tripel Projection weakness

distorted pole

longtitude and latitude is curved

Polar/Azimuthal Projection

Polar/Azimuthal Projection strengths

Correctly represents distance to and from the center

Polar/Azimuthal Projection weakness

distance between other points are distorted

Gall-Peters Projection

Gall-Peters Projection strength

countries are all the correct sizes

Gall-Peters Projection weakness

more accurate at the equator, less towards the poles