{"id":1786475,"date":"2018-10-18T18:51:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T22:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786475"},"modified":"2018-10-18T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T22:51:22","slug":"equal-earth-gets-a-wall-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/10\/equal-earth-gets-a-wall-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Equal Earth Gets a Wall Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was announced today at NACIS that the Equal Earth projection is now available as a wall map<\/a>\u2014which is a necessary thing if it’s going to go toe-to-toe with the Peters map. The political wall map is only available as a download (three versions, centred on Africa and Europe, the Americas, or the Pacific): the 19,250 \u00d7 10,150-pixel, 350 dpi file results in a 1.4 \u00d7 0.74 m (55\u2033 \u00d7 29\u2033) print\u2014assuming you have access to a large-format plotter. Not everyone does, so it’s only a matter of time, I suspect, before they have prints available for sale.<\/p>\n

The map shows countries and territories in surprising detail (it includes Clipperton, for example); and while it does show disputed regions as such, its choices of boundaries and nomenclature won’t make it many fans in South Korea or India.<\/p>\n

Previously: The Equal Earth Projection<\/a>; Equal Earth Updates<\/a>; More on Equal Earth<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was announced today at NACIS that the Equal Earth projection is now available as a wall map\u2014which is a necessary thing if it’s going to go toe-to-toe with the Peters map. 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