slug: equala
translates: equala
lang: en
title: EqualA
description: "The last basemap you’ll ever need"
pageCreated: "2023-02-12"
pageUpdated: "2023-08-17T22:09Z"
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h1 #{title}
small The last basemap you’ll ever need
block content
.gallery
a(href=qua("EqualA pixel size.png"))
figure
img(src=qua("EqualA pixel size.png") alt)
figcaption Click to see and download in full size
a(href=qua("EqualA Toasted.png"))
figure
img(src=qua("EqualA Toasted.png") alt)
figcaption Click to see and download in full size
p
| The
strong EqualA
| is the last raster basemap you’ll ever need. A compromise between the too-small WorldA and too-big Qbam, the EqualA’s size is just right. The Florence meridian means nothing gets cut in half. And its consistent
a(href="https://equal-earth.com/") Equal Earth
| projection, accurately representing the size of every country, means all you have to do is drop your data into
a(href="https://qgis.org/en/site/") Qgis
| and reproject — no more faffing around with inconsistent transforms.
p
| Use it for data. Use it for world history. Use it for alternate history and for whatever creative ideas take your fancy. With a
span.all-sc CC0
| public domain declaration, you can use it for all that and more to your heart’s content.
details
summary Changelog
ul
li #[b 2023#[+sc('R')]] (2023 Aug. 17):
ul
li Added a topographic map, as well as Arctic and Antarctic appendices
li Removed Ukraine’s Kakhovka reservoir, destroyed in the war
li Split Micronesia into its constituent parts on the colour map
li Updated wars in Mali and Ethiopia
li Scrapped a stray maritime border in the Persian Gulf that had been haunting the “Virgin #[span.theonym Earth]” map for quite some time
li
b
| 2023
span.all-sc C
| 3
| (2023 Mar. 31):
ul
li Added two Pacific-centred maps
li Fixed various pixel-scale errors
li Added the Humber
li Updated state borders in Sudan and Indonesia
li Internal territories with less autonomy now have lighter borders, to distinguish them from regular colonies
li Fixed mistake where Macquarie Island was labelled as part of New Zealand, rather than Australia
li
b
| 2023
span.all-sc C
| 2
| (2023 Mar. 11):
ul
li
| Added a “Virgin
span.theonym Earth
| ” map.
li
b
| 2023
span.all-sc C
| (2023 Mar. 03):
ul
li Corrected stray pixels in Mexico, Libya, and on the map border near Alaska.
li Updated regional borders in Algeria and Mali.
li Shrunk Lake Geneva to be truer to actual size.
li Added claims in Antarctica to the colour map, and fixed the borders on the main map.
li Removed indigenous-controlled areas in Canada; so far as i can tell, they function more akin to subdivisions of the provinces than the weird not-federal-not-state-but-a-secret-third-thing thing the U.S.’ reservations have going on.
li Removed Spain’s provinces, for similar reasons.
li Fiddled around a bit with water colours.
li
b
| 2023
span.all-sc B
| (2023 Feb. 12):
ul
li Finally gave the EqualA a definitive home on this site. Changelog doesn’t go any further back than this, because i’m a lazy bastard. :-)
h2 More maps
.gallery.lesser
a(href=qua("EqualA virgin earth.png"))
figure
img(src=qua("EqualA virgin earth.png") alt)
figcaption
| “Virgin
span.theonym Earth
| ”, with graticules every 15°
a(href=qua("EqualA topo.png"))
figure
img(src=qua("EqualA topo.png") alt)
figcaption Topography and bathymetry
a(href=qua("EqualA_Pacific_mono.png"))
figure
img(src=qua("EqualA_Pacific_mono.png") alt)
figcaption Pacific-centred, monochrome
a(href=qua("EqualA_Pacific_colour.png"))
figure
img(src=qua("EqualA_Pacific_colour.png") alt)
figcaption Pacific-centred, colour
a(href=qua("ArcticA.png"))
figure
img(src=qua("ArcticA.png") alt)
figcaption The Arctic (Lambert azimuthal equal-area)
a(href=qua("AntarcticA.png"))
figure
img(src=qua("AntarcticA.png") alt)
figcaption Antarctica (Lambert azimuthal equal-area)