Mercator World Map VS Peters World Map

A Mercator map is a conformal map projection of which the meridians are usually drawn parallel to each other and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator. A Peters Map is an equal-area projection map. The Mercator map dates back to 1569 when it was developed by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. The Peters Map was first introduced when Dr. Arno Peters introduced the map at a Press Conference in Germany in 1974. These maps have been debated about ever since with one side debating that the Mercator Map is more accurate and should be used while the other side says that the Peters map more accurately represents the size of countries and continents.