Tom Patterson
United KingdomcartographerMale8.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Tom Patterson is a renowned cartographer known for co-developing the Equal Earth projection, which seeks to provide a more accurate representation of the world's continents by preserving their relative surface areas while maintaining their shapes as closely as possible to how they appear on a globe. This projection, endorsed by the African Union, is part of ongoing efforts to challenge historical mapping biases that have often diminished the visibility and significance of regions like Africa.
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Tom Patterson is a renowned US national parks cartographer who has had to virtually come out of retirement after being inundated with questions from governments on details of the new projection.
‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias | GeographyUnited Kingdom· 2026-09-18
Tom Patterson designed the Natural Earth projection.
Kako so zemljevidi popačili predstave o svetu
Slovenia· 2025-10-09
Tom Patterson is one of the cartographers who launched the Equal Earth projection in 2018.
‘Correcting The Map’: reshaping perceptions of Africa
Taiwan· 2025-09-20
Tom Patterson launched the Equal Earth projection in 2018.
'Correcting The Map': Reshaping perceptions of Africa
Kenya· 2025-09-07