Mercator vs. Peters Maps

Contrast
Mercator
- Standard map
- Most commonly used
- Not proportionally accurate
     - Alaska is supposed to be smaller than the continental U.S
     - Greenland is supposed to be much smaller that Africa
     - Antarctica is supposed to be much smaller

*The proportional inaccuracy makes other continents, such as Africa, to look smaller and more inferior compared to others. It makes the United States look more powerful due to its size. to some people, it is considered racist.*

- Each country is a different color
- Inflates size of objects away from equator
- Created by Gerardus Mercator (1569)
- Used for navigation
     - straight lines on Mercator is a line of constant bearing
     - enables a navigator to plot a straight line course
- Not suited for general world maps

Peters Projection
- Not used by others
- More proportionally accurate to globe
     - Africa is much bigger
     - Greenland is smaller
     - Etc.
- Each continent is a different color
- Created by James Gall in the 1800's

Compare
- Labels
     - Oceans
     - Countries
- Both maps are distorted
     - The Peters map looks stretched and looks strange
     - The Mercator map changes the sizes of different continents

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