Date of map: August 15, 2011 ... The Robinson projection was created by Arthur H. Robinson in 1963. Date of map: August 15, ...

The Gall-Peters projection map addressed part of this issue by making the landmasses more rounded to what they should look like. However, it distorted the shape of the continents.

Tom PattersonThe Equal Earth map projection. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. But this new design just might make distorted maps a thing of the past ...