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Each map contains Tissot's Indicatrices, or ellipses that would be circles on the Earth's 3D surface. In each of the projections, distortion becomes evident when comparing the indicatrices.

Plate Carrée WGS 84 Web Mercator Mollweide Stereographic Lambert Conformal Conic Albers Equal Area Conic