Arno Peters
Arno Peters was a German historian and cartographer who popularized the Gall-Peters projection in the 1970s, asserting that traditional map projections like the Mercator were politically biased and distorted the size of countries in the Global South, thereby igniting a significant debate about map projections and their implications for global perception.
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Switzerland:
Arno Peters presented a projection in 1974 that better represented the size ratios of landmasses.
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Hungary:
Arno Peters popularized the Gall-Peters projection in the 1970s, claiming it was a fairer representation of the world's countries.
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