Boston schools introduce new 'equal area' world map
Public schools in US' Boston have introduced the Gall-Peters projection, an "equal-area" map that distorts the shape of nations but accurately scales surface areas. It differs from the Mercator projection, which has been used for 500 years. The Mercator projection, accused of being "eurocentric," wrongly portrays South America and Europe as the same size and western Europe in the centre.