It is also frequently found in maps of time zones. Arno Peters stirred controversy beginning in 1972 when he proposed what is now usually called the Gall–Peters projection to remedy the problems of the Mercator.
The projection found on these maps, dating to 1511, was stated by Snyder in 1987 to be the same projection as Mercator's.
In response, a 1989 resolution by seven North American geographical groups disparaged using cylindrical projections for general-purpose world maps, which would include both the Mercator and the Gall–Peters. == Uses == Practically every marine chart in print is based on the Mercator projection due to its uniquely favorable properties for navigation.
Snyder amends his assessment to "a similar projection" in 1994. Joseph Needham, a historian of China, wrote that the Chinese developed the Mercator projection hundreds of years before Mercator did, using it in star charts during the Song Dynasty.
Google Maps, which relied on it since 2005, still uses it for local-area maps but dropped the projection from desktop platforms in 2017 for maps that are zoomed out of local areas.
Google Maps, which relied on it since 2005, still uses it for local-area maps but dropped the projection from desktop platforms in 2017 for maps that are zoomed out of local areas.
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