Map of the Month: Peters World Map

Our Map of the Month for December 2022 is the Peters World Map Political Wall Map.

The Peters World Map shows countries in proportion to their relative sizes. It is based upon Arno Peters’ 1970s decimal grid which divides the surface of the earth into 100 longitudinal fields of equal width and 100 latitudinal fields of equal height; it treats the rectangles around the equator as squares and builds the other rectangles onto these in proportion to the areas they represent. the zero meridian on this system is combined with a proposed new international date line.

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Mercator vs Peters. The battle of projections

There was some big news in the map world last week as schools in Boston began to replace Mercator projection maps for the more proportionally accurate Peters projection (read the full article here). Continue reading Mercator vs Peters. The battle of projections

Happy Put Hearts Everywhere Day

It would be a crime if we let this day pass without showing some love for this 1536 cordiform (cor= heart in Latin) map of the world by the French mathematician and cartographer Oronce Fine. This particular projection is from the Pseudoconic family and is often know as Werner projection after the German mathematician Johannes Warner (1466-1528). Distances are correct from one pole and also along all parallels and the central meridian.

Oronce Fine 1494-1555

 

If you are interested in a more modern cordiform map, check out this map of the New York City Railway System:

Reworking the subway system into a heart shape, this Zero Per Zero map is inspired by the iconic ‘I heart NY’ logo by Milton Glaser.

Oh, and we sell it as a mouse mat.

Mappy Valentine’s Day.