Natural Earth Projection

Compromise Pseudocylindrical

Designed by Tom Patterson in 2012 for making wall maps that just look right. It doesn't perfectly preserve anything, but nothing looks terribly wrong either. The Goldilocks projection.

Preserves
Visual balance
Distorts
Slightly everywhere, severely nowhere
Group
Pseudocylindrical
Weirdness
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