Gall Peters Projection Map Poster

Widely used in educational and business. Designed by professional cartographers in seattle, wa with a high attention to detail. In 1967 arno peters, a filmmaker and historian, devised a map projection identical to gall's orthographic projection and presented it in 1973 as a new invention. he promoted it as a superior alternative to the mercator projection, which was suited to navigation but also used commonly in world maps.

The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Arno peters claimed authorship in 1973, apparently having independently developed it in 1967, and promoted the projection and cartography built on it thereafter. Peters projection, date line in bering strait.svg 1,613 × 1,098;

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It is considered a good alternative to the commonly used mercator projection which increasingly inflates the sizes of countries the further you move from the equator. Based on a mathematical formula that gall first proposed in the 19th century, peters projected an image of the world that attempted to capture the size of objects relative to each other. Insert \ for a new line. In 1967 arno peters, a filmmaker and historian, devised a map projection identical to gall's orthographic projection and presented it in 1973 as a new invention. he promoted it as a superior alternative to the mercator projection, which was suited to navigation but also used commonly in world maps.