Sinusodial Equal-area Projection

 

The Sinusodial projection is an equal-area map, much like the Mollweide though much more distorted. Jean Cossin of Dieppe was one of the first to use the Sinusoidal, in a 1570's map. The poles are greatly distorted due to the odd shape of the map. They accurately represent the country that is centered and countries will often center themselves when the map is needed for equal-area projection. Africa and partially South America would be centered on the photo to the left, giving Africa a more accurate scaling. Both the Prime Meridian and the Equator are doubled from the Mollweide project but the Equator is still double the length of the Meridian. The two maps are often catagorized together due to their common equal-area projections and amounts of distortion. 

 

Pros:

• Gives a centered view

• Creates a good representation of a rounded Globe flattened

Cons:

• Distorted poles

• Distorted continents

• Distorted lines of latitude and longitude