Description
of Data Set
|
Calculated
Projection Point
|
Maximum
Distortion
|
10 world cities
|
(18S, 125W)
|
4.5
|
100 world cities
|
(85S, 4W)
|
6.1
|
238 world cities
|
(83S, 79E)
|
6.7
|
2500 world cities
|
(87S, 61W)
|
9.7
|
150 world cities East of the
Equator
|
(0N, 90W)
|
5.8
|
80 world cities West of the
Equator
|
(0N, 90E)
|
4.8
|
170 world cites North of the
Equator
|
(88S, 100W)
|
6.8
|
| 60 world cites South of the
Equator |
(86N, 95W)
|
4.2
|
200 US cities
|
(36S, 120E)
|
3.4
|
15 points near the North Pole
|
(90S, 0E)
|
2.3
|
15 points near the South Pole
|
(90N, 1W)
|
2.4
|
30 points near both poles
|
(0N, 25W)
|
7.8
|
100 grid points
|
(3N, 175E)
|
43.2
|
400 grid points
|
(2N, 175E)
|
54.8
|
100 grid points on upper half of
sphere
|
(90S, 170E)
|
23.3
|
100 grid points on lower half of
sphere
|
(90N, 172E)
|
28.4
|
100 grid points on right half of
sphere
|
(0N, 90W)
|
20.1
|
100 grid points on left half of
sphere
|
(0N, 90E)
|
19.9
|