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Equal Earth preserves area across the whole map, so each Tissot indicatrix covers exactly as much surface as its circle on the globe. Switch on the area-distortion heatmap and you will see one shade of green from pole to pole. All the information about error lies in the shape of the ellipses, so it pays to read them row by row. The layer with the equator, tropics and polar circles helps too: the tropical belt covers about 40% of the map and the two caps beyond the polar circles about 8% together, exactly as on the globe.
On the equator all six ellipses are 16% taller and 14% narrower than the circle, and their angles change by 17°. At 30°, near the middle of the map, they already look almost round and change angles by only 8 to 10°, but at the edge, at 150° longitude, by 32°. At 60° the proportions flip: the ellipses are 30% wider and 23% lower than the circle, and near the edge they also lean. The most faithful belt lies between about 35° and 45° latitude near the central meridian, where angles change by less than 5°.
Greenland is the best test. Its area is true here, so Africa looks about fourteen times larger, just as it is. At 72°, though, Greenland's outline is 1.9 times too wide and almost half as tall as it should be. Drag it to the equator and it regains a compact shape, only slightly elongated vertically. Poland, at 52°, has its angles changed by about 16°, Australia by 26°, and New Zealand, far from the center, by 46°. The poles are lines 59% as long as the equator.
Yes, area is true here, so Africa looks about 14 times larger than Greenland, as it really is. The shape is changed, though: at 72°N the outline of Greenland is 1.9 times wider and nearly half as tall as it should be.
On the equator the Tissot ellipses are 16% taller and 14% narrower than a circle, and angles change by 17°. Poland changes angles by about 16°, Australia by 26° and New Zealand, far from the center, by 46°.
In the band between about 35° and 45° latitude near the central meridian, where angles change by less than 5°. At 30° near the center the ellipses look almost like circles and change angles by 8 to 10°.
The zone between the tropics takes up about 40% of the map, and the two caps beyond the polar circles about 8% together. It is exactly the same on the globe, which is the simplest proof that this map keeps areas true.
