We have been using inaccurate maps for years

1. We Have Been Misled By A Flawed World
Map For 500 Years
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Source: www.livelearnevolve.com | Original Post Date: August 15, 2013 –
We now know the Earth is round. Therefore, the challenge of any world map is to
represent a round Earth on a flat surface. There are thousands of map projections, and
each has certain strengths and corresponding weaknesses but the one you’re now
picturing in your head most likely isn’t the area accurate representation. A more
accurate representation of land mass is the Peters Projection Map seen here:

2. PETER’S PROJECTION WORLD MAP
I find it absolutely astonishing that this information was not presented to me during
education and studying Geography, the differences are overwhelming. Here’s a direct
representation of the previously assumed factual map with the real flattened version:

4. THE TRUE SIZE OF AFRICA
The map shows how Africa (30,3 million km²) is larger than the combination of China
(9,6 million km²), the US (9,4 million km²), Western Europe (4,9 million km²), India
(3,2 million km²) and Argentina (2,8 million km²), three Scandinavian countries and
the British Isles (map gives no surface for these last two areas). Map Source
The Peters Projection world map is one of the most stimulating, and controversial,
images of the world. When this map was first introduced by historian and cartographer
Dr. Arno Peters at a Press Conference in Germany in 1974 it generated a firestorm of
debate. The first English-version of the map was published in 1983, and it continues to
have passionate fans as well as staunch detractors.

5. This map was featured in “The West Wing,” but map dishonesty is anything but
fictional. Check out this clip to get an accurate look at the size of Africa and explanation
as to why it’s been like this:
Favoured by National Geographic if one 2D representation of the world is to be used in
the media and integrated into education then perhaps this, the winkel tripel projection
is the most accurate because it displays both curvature and a truer land mass:

7. Written by Sam Austin of www.livelearnevolve.com
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