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Thinking outside the box - the Arno Peters map projection and africa

Thinking outside the box - the Arno Peters map projection and africa. University of Pécs June 14, 2012. Sandor Foldi Interdisciplinary Doctoral School. Table of contents. The Mercator projection Size does matter „the Greenland problem” The Peters projection Controversies

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Thinking outside the box - the Arno Peters map projection and africa

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  1. Thinkingoutsidethebox - theArnoPeters map projection and africa University of Pécs June 14, 2012 Sandor Foldi InterdisciplinaryDoctoralSchool

  2. Table of contents • The Mercator projection • Size does matter • „the Greenland problem” • The Peters projection • Controversies • ”Mapping” Africa • The projection’s relevanceto Africa and the global South • Other map projections

  3. The Mercator projection

  4. The Mercator projection • The most commonly used projection • Gerardus Mercator – 1569 • Originally for maritime navigation • Dilemma: shape or size? • ”Conformal” – shapes as they appear on the globe • Examples for area exaggeration

  5. ”The Greenland problem”

  6. ”The Greenland problem”

  7. The Peters projection

  8. The Peters projection • Arno Peters in 1973 • It has: • Fidelity of position and area • Fidelity of axis • Different indicators with different colors • Neutrality • What about the size? – the”hanging sheet” effect • Helps to improve creative thinking and problem solving • Size and importance – socialequality

  9. Controversies • Mercator projection • Based on the worldview of the sixteenth century • Alleged eurocentrism • Colonial attitude • Favors the countries of the global North • Peters projection • In the focus of cartographic and geographic debates since its inception (Robinson, Snyder, Vajukovic, Maling, Kaiser) • Anti-rectangular resolution form US cartographers • Cartographically inappropriate

  10. ”Mapping” Africa • Pre-colonialcartography • Ptolemaicconceptions • Gastaldi 1564, Ortelius 1570, Speed 1627… • The ”Age of Reason” • De L’Isle 1700, D’Anville1727 • Terra incognita • Methodologicalcontinuity • Directcolonialauthority • Instrumentalobservations - scientificdimensiontotravellers’ records • Mapsfortheadministrativesystems

  11. Poor nations – rich nations

  12. Economic growth

  13. Inflation

  14. Unemployment

  15. Inequality

  16. Population structure: Adults/children ratio

  17. Health: Infant mortality

  18. ”Extreme” map projections I.

  19. ”Extreme” map projections II.

  20. ”Extreme” map projections III.

  21. Whatdoyouthink…? • …which map projection is ”better”? • Onethatshowstruelandmassbutdistortsshape, distance and directionor • Vice versa?

  22. Thankyouverymuchforyourattention!

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