The Hobo-Dyer projection (2007)

Map of the Hobo-Dyer projection with the political boundaries of 2007.

This projection was drawn by British cartographer Mick Dyer in 2002, at the request of the ODT company. It is a modification of Behrmann's 1910 projection, which seeks to improve the problem of the elongation of the continents of the Gall-Peters projection, but remain an equivalent projection, preserving areas.

The name of the screening is taken from the first letters of the first names of the ODT workers who worked on this project (Bob Abramms and HoWard Bronstein) and the surname of the cartographer who drew it (Mick Dyer).

The map gained popularity in 2002 when Jimmy Carter used it to receive his Nobel Peace Prize, showing the international efforts of his NGO, the Carter Centre.

You can read more about map projections in this article: Cartographic projections: distorting the Earth in order to represent it.

Sources

• Hobo-Dyer Equal Area Projection [North at top]
• The Hobo-Dyer Equal Area Projection Map