Cram Tiffin 12-Inch Diameter Tabletop Globe

Comments about Cram Tiffin 12-Inch Diameter Tabletop Globe:

Following is an elaboration of my previous review and, like my previous review, is also posed as a comparison of the Tiffin (by George F. Cram) and the Pioneer (by Replogle). [...]Labelling of land place names on the Tiffin is less congested than the Pioneer because fewer minor places are named and fonts are slightly smaller (but still easily read) on the Tiffin.The Tiffin does not, however, label ocean place names, currents, or shipping routes; the Pioneer does. Ocean labels encourage a sense of continuity of the planet surface as opposed to a bounded flat map.The Tiffin map relief is primarily symbolic (in both shading and surface); the Pioneer map relief is realistic. The Pioneer map relief appears to be derived from satellite imagery, while the Tiffin uses a traditional drawn map. Both have advantages, and neither style is consistently better at representing relief features.Both Tiffin and Pioneer frame/base are of good quality. The Tiffin base/frame shape and color are more attractive than the Pioneer. The Tiffin provides a device with which the ball can be readily removed from the frame without deconstruction of the frame; the pioneer mounting does not have such a device.The Tiffin base is dome shaped and therefore stiffer than the Pioneer base which is flat, and the Pioneer yoke is stiffer than the Tiffin yoke. Both mountings – combined base and yoke together – are about equally stiff.