GallPeters
The Gall-Peters projection is a world map projection in the cylindrical equal-area family. It preserves land area so that the size of continents and countries on the map reflects their actual areas on Earth, providing a counterpoint to the distortion commonly seen in the Mercator projection.
The projection is named for James Gall, who described an equal-area cylindrical projection in the 19th century,
As a cylindrical equal-area projection, it keeps areas true but distorts shapes and distances. Meridians are
Reception of the Gall-Peters projection has been mixed. Proponents argue that it offers a more proportionate
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