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🗺️ Map Projections: Tissot Circles, Area and Angle Distortion, Globe-to-Map Morph and Real Distances

Unroll a Blender-built globe into nine map projections, see equal circles turn into Tissot ellipses, compare Mercator with equal-area and compromise maps, and measure the true great-circle distance against a ruler on the map.

Earth3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender
map-projection-tissot-indicatrix-mercator-equal-area-globe-morph-distance-lab ↗ Open standalone
⚙ Under the hood

Unroll a Blender-built globe into nine map projections, see equal circles turn into Tissot ellipses, compare Mercator with equal-area and compromise maps, and measure the true great-circle distance against a ruler on the map.

Map ProjectionTissot IndicatrixMercatorCartographyThree.jsBlender

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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