Kavrayskiy VII Projection
Soviet Compromise
Developed by Vladimir Kavrayskiy in 1939 for Soviet atlas production. A pseudocylindrical compromise with less shape distortion at the poles than Mercator-family projections. Popular in Russian and Eastern European cartography, and quietly beautiful.
- Preserves
- Low overall distortion
- Distorts
- Area somewhat at higher latitudes
- Group
- Pseudocylindrical
- Weirdness
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