Enter Peters' projection — which is also known as the Gall-Peters projection, since it's virtually identical to a projection put forward by the Scottish cartographer James Gall in the 19th century.

The Mercator projection with Tissot's indicatrix. Wikimedia Commons One of the best alternatives to the Mercator projection was presented in 1974 at a conference in Germany by Dr. Arno Peters, who ...

In the US and Germany, for example, maps based on the so-called Winkel Tripel projection, which has a smaller skewness, started to replace the Mercator in the 1920s. A digital boost ...

Teen ditches prosthetic leg after a decade of hiding her disability Students in Boston are now studying the Peters-Gall projection, a map that shows a more realistic vision of the world by cutting ...

Tom PattersonThe Equal Earth map projection. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries.

Take a look at several different map projections. Josie Whelan Aug 16, 2024 Aug 16, 2024; 0; ... The Gall-Peters projection was created by James Gall and Arno Peters in 1855.

The Mercator and Gall-Peters projection are just two of thousands of others used around the world. Other map projection systems include the Cassini, Miller, the Gauss — Krüger, the Winkel ...

The Gall-Peters projection map addressed part of this issue by making the landmasses more rounded to what they should look like. However, it distorted the shape of the continents.

Children in Boston’s public schools were introduced to a new world map last week, offering a comparison to the traditional Mercator projection map commonly used in classrooms.Boston’s public ...

A Gall-Peters projection map of the world, which gives a much better picture of what the world as a whole actually looks like (Strebe) Your support helps us to tell the story. Read more.

World map with accurate sizes: Gall-Peters projection throws schools into a spin. THIS is the world map many of us grew up with. So spare a thought for thousands of kids who’ve literally had ...