Mollweide

     The Mollweide projection is a pseudo-cylindrical, equal area projection developed by Carl B. Mollweide in 1805. Direction and shape are not distorted at the intersection of the central meridian and latitude 40° 44' N and S. Scale is also true along those latitudes. Distortion of direction, shape and distance increase with distance from these latitudes. It is used primarily for showing global data distributions.