Gall–Peters projection
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gall-peters-projection-170-5215733
title:
Gall–Peters projection
text:
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 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 beginning in the early 1970s throug
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description:
Cylindrical equal-area map projection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection
date created:
2001-12-17T20:52:00Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T23:56:53Z
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