Lollards Visual Aids: Angry Cartographers
For those of you baffled by my less than entirely clear descriptions on tonight’s Lollards Of Pop, here are some handy links to some of the map projections mentioned in the programme:
Standard Mercator
Americentric Mercator
Peters
Goode Homolosine
Gnomonic Octahedral
Werner (heart shaped)
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FT's koganbot on November 29th, 2007
GREENLAND WORRIES THAT IT LOOKS FAT IN MERCATOR PROJECTION
–Headline in The Onion, autumn 2001
Pete on November 29th, 2007
Unfortunately for me, much of this ground was covered in the awesome “How To Lie With Maps” which Rob got me for my birthday (happy to lend anyone for more on Peters and other projections).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Lie-Maps-H-J-Blij/dp/0226534219/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196332156&sr=8-1
Mind you his follow up, From Squam Tit to Whorehouse Meadow How Maps Name, Claim and Inflame looks ace too.