There's a few map projections I really like that don't have most of these problems: HELAPIx[0] and Dymaxion map[1].<p>HELAPIx is designed to have pixels of the same area, and Dymaxion is designed to have the least distortion.<p>[0]: <a href="http://healpix.jpl.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow">http://healpix.jpl.nasa.gov/</a><p>[1]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map</a>
Are there any online maps that <i>aren't</i> Web Mercator? Google Maps, Here.com, OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps, MapQuest are all Mercator-only, with no easy option to switch.
Is there some nice explanation of how the projections between various EPSG codes work? I converted one projection into another but in QGIS or in python pyproj, but except for the very basics I have no idea what is going on.
typo:<p>>To remedy the horizontal stretching, the Mercator Projection stretches the globe out in the vertical direction an equal amount to the stretching in the vertical direction.