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  1. Gall–Peters projection - Wikipedia

    Peters brought the projection to a wider audience beginning in the early 1970s through his "Peters World Map". The name "Gall–Peters projection" was first used by Arthur H. Robinson in a …

  2. The Gall-Peters Projection - The Cartographic Institute

    May 21, 2024 · The Gall-Peters projection is a type of cylindrical map projection that shows the Earth’s surface. It attempts to depict all areas with the correct sizes compared to each other.

  3. Peters Projection Map | Oxford Cartographers

    Maps not only represent the world, they shape the way we see it. The revolutionary Peters Projection map presents countries in their true proportion to one another: it has been adopted …

  4. Peters Projection Definition - AP Human Geography Key Term

    The Peters Projection is a cylindrical map projection that presents spatial relationships in a way that maintains area accuracy, making it easier to compare the size of different landmasses.

  5. Peters Projection Map: Everything Your Ever Wanted To Know

    Jul 17, 2023 · The Gall-Peters projection map, also known as the Peters map, is a cylindrical projection of the world. It offers a representation of the nations in their true proportion to one …

  6. Peters World map - Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

    A much more controversial map distributed by the firm ODT in Amherst, Massachusetts, is a world map based on the Peters Projection. This projection was popularized by Arno Peters, a 20th …

  7. The Gall-Peters Projection - World History Commons

    5 days ago · 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 …

  8. What is the Peters Projection Map? - Cultural World

    May 23, 2024 · A Peters projection map is a map which attempts to draw the features of the Earth with minimal area distortion. Since the globe is a sphere and a map is flat, some distortion is …

  9. Peters Projection Map - Equal Area Map

    The Peters Project Map, also known as the Gall-Peters projection, is a world map projection designed to offer a more accurate representation of the sizes of landmasses.

  10. Peters Projection -- from Wolfram MathWorld

    Dec 3, 2025 · The Peters projection is a cylindrical equal-area projection that de-emphasizes the exaggeration of areas at high latitudes by shifting the standard latitude to phi_s=44.138 …