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🗺️ Sphere Projections 2D — Mercator, Stereographic, Orthographic & Mollweide (2D)

2D Canvas map-projection lab: watch a real graticule of a sphere flatten onto a plane under Mercator, Stereographic, Orthographic and Mollweide formulas, with a rotatable viewpoint.

Geometry2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

A Canvas2D companion to the 3D sphere-projection lab: watch a real latitude/longitude graticule flatten under Mercator, Stereographic, Orthographic and Mollweide formulas. Rotate the viewpoint and hover the map to read live distortion at any point.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install