Visualization VocabularyDataviz vocabulary
Diagram: Gall-Peters projection
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Gall-Peters projection

also: Peters projection

Cylindrical equal-area projection with standard parallels at 45 degrees.

projection de Gall-Peters

Projection cylindrique équivalente dont les parallèles de référence sont à 45 degrés.

Présentée par Gall en 1855 puis promue par Arno Peters en 1973 contre Mercator. Elle étire fortement les régions tropicales du nord au sud.

Classification

  • map
  • the name evokes: eponym

Attestation and synonyms

Sources (9)

23 occurrences in the corpus; indexed by 4 books

Cite this entry

Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/gall-peters-projection.html

ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. Gall-Peters projection. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/gall-peters-projection.html

BibTeX
@incollection{taudiere2026-gall-peters-projection,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {Gall-Peters projection},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/gall-peters-projection.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

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