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The Behrmann projection with Tissot's indicatrices The Mercator projection with Tissot's indicatrices. In cartography, a Tissot's indicatrix (Tissot indicatrix, Tissot's ellipse, Tissot ellipse, ellipse of distortion) (plural: "Tissot's indicatrices") is a mathematical contrivance presented by French mathematician Nicolas Auguste Tissot in 1859 and 1871 in order to characterize local ...
Nicolas Auguste Tissot (French:; March 16, 1824 – July 14, 1907) was a French cartographer, who in 1859 and 1881 published an analysis of the distortion that occurs on map projections.
English: Map of the world in a Gall–Peters cylindrical equal-area projection also known as Gall's orthographic or Peters, with Tissot's Indicatrices of deformation. Each red ellipse has a radius of 500 km.
English: The world on an equidistant conic projection, with 10° graticule and Tissot's indicatrices overlaid. Standard parallels are at 45°N and 15°N. Standard parallels are at 45°N and 15°N. Each red circle is 1,000 km in diameter.
Short title: Azimuthal Equidistant map of the world – coastlines, graticule, and indicatrices: Image title: A map of the world, showing all landmasses with 10° graticule and Tissot's indicatrices of diameter 1,000 km and spacing 30°.
Short title: Van der Grinten map of the world – coastlines, graticule, and indicatrices: Image title: A map of the world, showing all landmasses with 10° graticule and Tissot's indicatrices of diameter 1,000 km and spacing 30°.
Short title: Peirce Quincuncial map of the world – coastlines, graticule, and indicatrices: Image title: A map of the world, showing all landmasses with 10° graticule and Tissot's indicatrices of diameter 1,000 km and spacing 30°.
Short title: Lee Tetrahedral (triangular) map of the world – coastlines, graticule, and indicatrices: Image title: A map of the world, showing all landmasses with 10° graticule and Tissot's indicatrices of diameter 1,000 km and spacing 30°.