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Gall-Peters

 

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Creator James Gall / Arno Peters (1852 / 1967)
Group Cylindric
Property Equal-area
Other Names
  • Gall Orthographic
  • Peters projection
Remarks Original design by James Gall, independently developed again by Arno Peters in 1967 and presented to the public in 1973.

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