Mercator Vs Peters

The Mercator map is a project presented by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. It became the standard map for navigation because of its unique property of representing any course of constant bearing as a straight segment. The Mercator map was every country labeled different colors so people can see the borders easier. The Peters map is a rectangular map where all areas have the correct sizes relative to each other. Like any equal-area projection, it achieves this goal by distorting most shapes. The peters map usually ha the continents in different colors. The main difference is that the Mercator map is used for navigators because the Mercator map had good straight lines which helped navigators. While the peters map is used in many schools because of its correct sizing of the different landmasses.

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