India
What Equal Earth preserves
Equal Earth preserves area. If one region covers twice as much of the planet as another, it also occupies twice the area on the map. That makes it particularly useful for global thematic maps and country-size comparisons.
What it still distorts
No flat map can preserve area, shape, distance and direction everywhere at once. Equal Earth does not make every coastline perfectly shaped or every route equally measured. Its core promise is narrower and clearer: fair relative area.
Why EqualAtlas uses it
EqualAtlas is built around questions of footprint, population and global comparison. Starting with an equal-area view prevents projection scale from silently weighting high-latitude countries more heavily.
Is Equal Earth the same as a globe?
No. A globe represents Earth on a sphere, while Equal Earth transforms the spherical surface into a flat map. The flat map still distorts local shapes and distances, but it preserves the area relationship between countries. Use the globe for spatial orientation and the Equal Earth view when comparing footprints.
Can I use the map in a lesson or article?
Yes. The EqualAtlas embed builder creates a responsive, advertisement-free iframe with a chosen country, indicator and projection. It keeps attribution, methodology and source links visible so readers can verify what the map shows.
Technical references: Šavrič, Patterson & Jenny — the Equal Earth projection paper; D3 geoEqualEarth documentation; and the projection team's Equal Earth resources.