Archimedes equal-area projection from sphere to cylinder, preserving area while distorting shape
The Archimedes projection maps a sphere to a circumscribing cylinder by projecting horizontally outward. This is an area-preserving map: it compresses distances near the poles in the longitudinal direction but stretches them latitudinally, with the two distortions canceling exactly. The visualization shows how a grid on the sphere transforms under this projection.
Controls: Click and drag to orbit, scroll to zoom.
