Comments on: The Most Accurate Map Is A Globe http://www.silencealoud.com/2010/02/accurate-map-globe/ The Meditation Blog Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:12:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob Abramms http://www.silencealoud.com/2010/02/accurate-map-globe/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Bob Abramms Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:31:32 +0000 http://www.silencealoud.com/?p=108#comment-581 You wrote about the Peters map, "it... is made so that all distances are the same. One inch on the map of Europe is the same as on inch on the map of South Africa." This is a factual error! About Equal Area Maps see: http://odtmaps.com/equal-area-maps.74.0.0.1.htm one SQUARE INCH anywhere on the map is equal to the same area (land or water) as ONE SQUARE INCH anywhere else on the map. Equal area maps are notoriously inaccurate when distance is considered. More on the Peters map is at http://odtmaps.com/behind_the_maps/peters_maps/peters-map-guide.asp Good luck! Bob Abramms You wrote about the Peters map, “it… is made so that all distances are the same. One inch on the map of Europe is the same as on inch on the map of South Africa.”

This is a factual error!
About Equal Area Maps
see: http://odtmaps.com/equal-area-maps.74.0.0.1.htm
one SQUARE INCH anywhere on the map is equal to the same area (land or water) as ONE SQUARE INCH anywhere else on the map. Equal area maps are notoriously inaccurate when distance is considered. More on the Peters map is at http://odtmaps.com/behind_the_maps/peters_maps/peters-map-guide.asp
Good luck!
Bob Abramms

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