Question

What was the initial reaction to the unveiling of the Peters map projection?

A. It was condemned by African countries for reinforcing European political agendas.
B. It gained widespread public acceptance but was condemned by organizations such as the United Nations and the Catholic Church.
C. It gained acceptance among cartographers, but was slow to gain acceptance by the public because it looked radically different from the Mercator Projection.
D. It was largely ignored until web-based mapping became widespread, at which point the map projection became widely used.
E. It was embraced by the international press and many organizations but rejected by cartographers as being full of errors.

Answer 1

C. It gained acceptance among cartographers, but was slow to gain acceptance by the public because it looked radically different from the Mercator Projection.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The Gall and the peters map projection is a rectangular-shaped map projection and they have a common size relate to each other. Like that of the equal-area projection and its goal is to distort more shapes and as a latitude and longitude of 45° North and south on the map have no distortions.

• In 1855 James gall and a. peters published this projection in early in 1970 was called as the peters worlds map and was promoted as a superior projection to the Mercator map projection suited for navigation.