Publication details

Mapa světa v Gall-Peresově zobrazení : Politické členění v roce 2010

Title in English Map of the World in the Gall-Peters projection : Countries in 2010
Authors

STANĚK Karel FRIEDMANNOVÁ Lucie

Year of publication 2010
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Description The map shows the world in Gall-Peters projection. Front shows political map (1:35 000 000). Unique is portrayal of controversial territories as are Transnistria or South Sudan. There are also real coastlines of dying out lakes Aral and Chad, which were taken from satellite images. Reverse shows four maps (1:165 000 000): Cultural landscape and primal forest, Economical performance, Hunger and food aid and CO2 emissions. All data comes from public sources (UNESCO ...). There is also comparison of the World in various projections with explanation of their history and usefulness.
Related projects:

You are running an old browser version. We recommend updating your browser to its latest version.

More info