Mercator and Peters Maps, and Scaling

  In class we talked about the differences between two maps. These two maps being the Mercator map and the Peters projection. Mercaders' map is better for sailing Peters map is more accurate and has more precise locations of things. On the Mercator map Greenland is giant to what it actuality is and is just half the size of Africa. On the Peters map Greenland is believable size, which is considerably smaller, and Africa is longer but yet is bigger. there are also other changes like England getting smaller. Also, the United States is also smaller on the Peters map because on the Mercator map they made America look bigger, most likely because of power. There are some flaws in both maps because no map is perfect. We also learned about scaling and how thing are relate on a map to the real world. 1 inch could be 100 miles or 100,000 miles.