Peters projectionn.
/ˈpiːtəz prəˌdʒɛkʃn/, U.S. /ˈpidərz prəˌdʒɛkʃ(ə)n/, /ˈpidərz proʊˌdʒɛkʃ(ə)n/ Cartography.
A cylindrical map projection which uses a rectangular decimal grid to represent latitude and longitude, representing areas in the correct proportion but distorting shape, especially near the poles.The Peters projection was devised in order to give a fairer representation of equatorial countries (which include most developing countries), whose areas are under-represented by the usual projections such as Mercator's.
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1973 Los Angeles Times 19 May i. 1/1 It's called the Peters projection, or the Orthogonal map of the world.
1987 Social Educ. 51 260/1 Although called by him the ‘Peters projection’.., the same projection had been proposed in 1855 by the Reverend J. Gall, who expressed the hope..it would be called ‘Gall's Orthographic Projection’.
1994 San Francisco Examiner 17 Jan. b3/3 An old-fashioned Mercator projection hangs above one side of the stage, balanced on the other by the modern Peters projection.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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