Gall–Peters projection
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The Gall–Peters projection is a rectangular, equal-area map projection. Like all equal-area projections, it distorts most shapes. It is a cylindrical equal-area projection with latitudes 45° north and
Mural at a school depicting the Gall–Peters projection, with continents coloured.
Arno Peters
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Arno Peters was a German historian who developed the Peters world map, based on the Gall–Peters projection.
Gall–Peters projection
…equal-area projection with latitudes 45° north and south as the regions on the map that have no distortion. The projection is named after James Gall and Arno Peters. Gall described the projection in 1855 at a science convention and published a paper on it in 1885. Peters brought the projection to a wider audience…
Grave of Arno Peters in Bremen, Germany