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twisted map followup
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sun, 9 Jun 2002 09:54:21 GMT
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Here's a quick follow-up to the matter of Arno Peters as a shameless
self-promoter and his map as not novel. Here's an article that's
rather well-written and goes over the general points (including
why the Peters/Gall maps aren't really that useful):
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030201a.htm
In a way, it does support Peters in showing that the map--in this
case Peters's--is highly political. He pretends it's the hottest
thing since sliced bread, hoping that fact will follow assertion
if he repeats it often enough. I sympathize with his ostensible
goal, but again, shameless self-promotion seems to be the *real* one.
(But it's neat to see how contentious and un-boring the field of
cartography can be!)
best
LFB
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: twisted map followup
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| (...) hehe thanks for the link. I had no idea of the controversies going WRT *maps* :-) As a junior high schooler who really only know about the Mercator, the equal area map was quite a mind-blower. I do agree, though, that it really makes a crappy (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: twisted map followup
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| (...) Your political bias is showing! The article shows that Peter's "ostensible goal" was to advance a political agenda at the expense of science. It's always that way, isn't it? For those who want a general introduction to cartography, technical (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: twisted map followup
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| (...) is the *only* improved map -- just the point that the Mercator projection was designed for navigation, not getting a view of the world as a whole. They've been pretty forthright in saying that all projections inherently have a bias, and that (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: twisted map
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| (...) Actually, Peters is a shameless self-promoter. His "Peters Projection" was in fact invented over 150 years ago by a fellow named Gall. Peters just popped in at the right time with the right tirade and put forth his "corrective" map that really (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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