Greenland is nowhere near as big as Africa.
I want to get that out into the open just in case the cartographers over at http://www.petersworldmap.org/ decide to send over a couple of pipe-hittin' nigga's to go medieval on my ass. Or you can order a copy of the Peters Projection at http://www.petersmap.com/. Whichever site you choose, these folks are loopy for maps, and they gimme the jibblies. Far more reasonable seem to be those nice fellers at the University of Wisconsin: http://www.geography.wisc.edu/maplib/rob_proj.html. Their map, the Robinson Projection, is the "aesthetically pleasing" map, an appeal not only to the senses but to the laws of diminishing returns.
From what I've been able to gather, if Robinsonians and Petersites meet in public, they go at it like the Jets and the Sharks. Robinson, before his death last month, used to claim that the Peters Projection made the continents look like wet flannel underwear hanging out to dry. Meanwhile, critics of Robinson say that he spent too much time making it look pretty and not enough time getting the distances right. Peters, the Rodney Dangerfield of the cartographic world, seems to have attracted a devoted cult of mapmakers who deify him like martyred cleric. No word yet from Tony or Maria.
Next up on Celebrity Deathmatch: Arthur Robinson vs. Arno Peters! Even more exciting than Annie Sprinkle vs. Ayn Rand!
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