10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETERS' PROJECTION»
Discover the use of
Peters' projection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Peters' projection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
AP Human Geography 2008
The Peters projection offers a different perspective. The Peters Projection is a
cylindrical projection that — unlike the Mercator projection — retains the accurate
sizes of all the world's landmasses. The Peters projection reveals, rather
strikingly, ...
Meredith Marsh, Peter S. Alagona, 2008
The equal-area Peters projection. (World Map: Peters Projection by Arno Peters.
Copyright Akademische Verlagsanstalt. Distributed in the United States by
Friendship Press, New York. Used by permission.) In explaining the decision of
the ...
Denis Wood, John Fels, 1992
3
Mapping: Ways of Representing the World
Box 2.2 Personality box - The 'Peters projection' and its instigator The debate
over the use of the Peters projection has been a notable example of the impact of
a particular ideology on the subject of the mapping, and hence the map—making,
...
Daniel Dorling, David Fairbairn, 2013
4
New Africa Social Science
... as possible. But the sizes of land areas are wrong. The land areas close to the
poles seem much larger than they really are. Peters projection. Peters projection
shows the true size of land masses, but the shapes of the continents are wrong.
Amina Bagus-du Toit, Kim Euston-Brown, K. Euston-Brown, 2003
5
Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections
Though Edwards predicted that his patented map "is likely to be generally
acceptable," it was generally rejected.28 It was the quiescent Gall orthographic,
however, that sprang forth in a reincarnation as the "Peters" projection a century
after ...
6
The Music of Morton Feldman
... piano) C.F. Peters Projection I (cello) C.F. Peters 1951 Projection II (flute,
trumpet, piano, violin, cello) C.F. Peters Projection III (two pianos) C.F. Peters
Projection IV (violin, piano) C.F. Peters Projection V (three flutes, trumpet, two
pianos and ...
7
Theories and Practices of Development
The Peters projection is an attempt to challenge this Eurocentric image. The
Peters projection is an equal area projection, meaning that the land area
represented on the map is correct in relation to other land areas. This means that
Africa, Asia ...
8
Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator ...
In 1986 geographer Peter Vujakovic surveyed British groups committed to Third
World development and found that twenty-five of forty-two respondents (69
percent) had adopted the Peters projection for one or more publications. Asked to
...
9
To The End of the Earth
... ones that were intended to be more representational. One of the most
controversial of these was the Peters projection, named after Dr. Arno Peters (
1916-2002), a German historian and cartographer, who devised it in the early
1970s (see p.
10
Drawing the Line: Tales of Maps and Cartocontroversy
153-156; Phil Porter and Phil Voxland, "Distortion in Maps: The Peters Projection
and Other Devilments," Focus 36 (Summer 1986), pp. 22-30; Arthur H. Robinson,
"Arno Peters and His New Cartography," The American Cartographer 12 ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETERS' PROJECTION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Peters' projection is used in the context of the following news items.
USA Hockey invites 48 players to Olympic camp, goes heavy on youth
One name missing from this list that made Peters' projection is kind of surprising: Jason Pominville. He could still make the official roster but not ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 13»
