Although featured in 'The West Wing', this map dishonesty is anything but fictional. The video below will give you an accurate look at the size of Africa.
People are often not aware of how large Africa continent really is. The image below is an accurate look at Africa relative to some major countries:
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
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.
The earth is round. The challenge of any world map is to represent a round earth on a flat surface. There are literally thousands of map projections. Each has certain strengths and corresponding weaknesses. Choosing among them is an exercise in values clarification: you have to decide what's important to you. That is generally determined by the way you intend to use the map. The Peters Projection is an area accurate map. - See more at: http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/04/the-true-size-of-africa-erroneous-map.html#sthash.U17VP4E3.dpuf
It still commits the bias of having Northern countries on top and Southern countries on the bottom. There is no logical reason to depict the earth this way.
ReplyDeleteMaybe because North is up and South is down??? It remains that way to give people a mental visual of where things are. You are reading way to much into this and making a big deal out of nothing. Stand up for things that matter... don't be petty.
ReplyDelete"North is up" is merely a convention. It amuses me how defensive some people become when their preconceptions are challenged.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.deceptology.com/2010/04/upside-down-world-map-shows-north-is-up.html
The West Wing!!
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