What is Gall–Peters projection?
[[File:Gall–Peters projection SW.jpg|300px|thumb|{{center|The Gall-Peters projection of the world map}}]] The '''Gall–Peters projection''' is an equal-area [[map projection]]. It cannot be used to navigate with. It is a [[map]] style that has areas near the [[equator]] appear to be smaller than they are. Those areas closer to the [[Geographical pole|poles]] appear larger.<ref>Sarah Elizabeth Battersby, ''Distortion of Area in the Global-scale Cognitive Map: A Geographic Perspective'' (Santa Barbara, CA: University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006), p. 124</ref> It was named after [[James Gall]] and [[Arno Peters]]. A [[controversy]] came up in the late [[20th century]] about the [[political]] [[Implication (grammar)|implications]] of map [[design]]. Maps based on this projection are promoted by [[UNESCO]].<ref>John D. Barrow, ''Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science'' (New York: W.W. Norton, 2008), p. 251</ref> They are also widely used by [[British]] [[school]]s.<ref>Hannah B. Higgins, ''The Grid Book'' (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009), p.94</ref>The Gall-Peters projection was Made in 1885 but publiched by Arno Peters in 1974. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gall-Peters projection}} [[Category:Map projections]] {{politics-stub}}