Comparison: Equirectangular (35.6°) vs. Patterson Cylindrical


Creator
Equirectangular (35.6°)	Marinus of Tyre (about AD 100)
Patterson Cylindrical	Tom Patterson, Bojan Savric, Bernhard Jenny (2014)
Group
Equirectangular (35.6°)	Cylindric
Patterson Cylindrical	Cylindric
Property
Equirectangular (35.6°)	Equidistant
Patterson Cylindrical	Compromise
Other Names
Equirectangular (35.6°)	—
Patterson Cylindrical	—
Remarks
Equirectangular (35.6°)	Here: Standard parallels at 35.6° (= 35° 36′) North/South. Values around these standard parallels nicely fill the space of a ISO-219 series A (A3, A4 etc.) paper sheet while at the same time leaving enough space for a legend above or below the map.
Patterson Cylindrical	The Patterson cylindrical balances polar exaggeration against maintaining the familiar shape of continents. Read Introducing the Patterson Cylindrical Projection on cartographicperspectives.org. Here on map-projections.net there’s an article about Patterson Cylindrical. Note: Up to the end of 2019 I showed a wrong rendition of the Patterson projection here (having a false aspect ratio). The current image is correct. Read the blogpost about this.
recommended comparisons
Equirectangular (35.6°)	Gall Isographic Patterson
Patterson Cylindrical	Miller Equirectangular (28°) Equirectangular (35.6°)
This pairing is among the list of recommended pairings – but why? To clearly show how the Patterson projection »balances polar exaggeration against maintaining the familiar shape of continents«.

	Equirectangular (35.6°)	Patterson Cylindrical
Creator	Marinus of Tyre (about AD 100)	Tom Patterson, Bojan Savric, Bernhard Jenny (2014)
Group	Cylindric	Cylindric
Property	Equidistant	Compromise
Other Names	—	—
Remarks	Here: Standard parallels at 35.6° (= 35° 36′) North/South. Values around these standard parallels nicely fill the space of a ISO-219 series A (A3, A4 etc.) paper sheet while at the same time leaving enough space for a legend above or below the map.	The Patterson cylindrical balances polar exaggeration against maintaining the familiar shape of continents. Read Introducing the Patterson Cylindrical Projection on cartographicperspectives.org. Here on map-projections.net there’s an article about Patterson Cylindrical. Note: Up to the end of 2019 I showed a wrong rendition of the Patterson projection here (having a false aspect ratio). The current image is correct. Read the blogpost about this.
recommended comparisons	Gall Isographic Patterson	Miller Equirectangular (28°) Equirectangular (35.6°)
This pairing is among the list of recommended pairings – but why? To clearly show how the Patterson projection »balances polar exaggeration against maintaining the familiar shape of continents«.