Map Projections

• Summary of Projection Properties
• Summary of Areas Suitable of Mapping with Projections
• Summary of Projection General Use

Summary of Areas Suitable of Mapping with Projections
Key:* = Yes x = Partly
Projection	Type	World	Hemisphere	Continent/ Ocean	Region/ sea	Medium scale	Large scale
Globe	Sphere	*
Mercator	Cylindrical	x			*
Transverse Mercator	Cylindrical			*	*	*	*
Oblique Mercator	Cylindrical			*	*	*	*
Space Oblique Mercator	Cylindrical						*
Miller Cylindrical	Cylindrical	*
Robinson	Pseudo- cylindrical	*
Sinusoidal Equal Area	Pseudo- cylindrical	*		*
Orthographic	Azimuthal		x
Stereographic	Azimuthal		*	*	*	*	*
Gnomonic	Azimuthal				x
Azimuthal Equalidistant	Azimuthal	x	*	*	*		x
Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area	Azimuthal		*	*	*
Albers Equal Area Conic	Conic			*	*	*
Lambert Conformal Conic	Conic			*	*	*	*
Equidistant Conic	Conic			*	*
Polyonic	Conic					x	x
Biplolar Oblique ConicConformal	Conic			*