As a remedy for this bias, Peters proposed that the Gall-Peters projection map be used instead. In 2017, Boston Public Schools became the first school district in the United States to get rid of ...

This map is an example of the Gall-Peters Projection, which takes care to demonstrate accurate relative size and location of nations around the world. This map was adopted for use in the Boston Public ...

Humans have been making maps for as long as they’ve been exploring the Earth. Some of their cartographic maps went on to change the world—but other maps wound up stirring up quite a bit of drama.

who claimed he invented it - though well after the discovery of an identical map made by James Gall in the 1800s. The Gall-Peters projection (shown below) makes seeing the relative size of places ...