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NBC's Political Drama, WEST WING Focuses on Peters Projection Map for Public Schools, On Feb. 28th (9PM EST)

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AMHERST, Mass.- President Bush move over! President Bartlet has a new view of the world! On NBC's WEST WING, the Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality (a fictionalized professional society) pitches President Bartlet's staff to support legislation mandating every public school in America teach geography using the Peters Projection map. Tune in February 28th along with 18 million viewers to find out what happens!!

There are more than 83 million Peters Projection maps in circulation around the world -- most of them in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. This maps has its least circulation, and acceptance, in North America. But this is changing! To order a full-color Peters Projection Map call 1-800-736-1293.

The Peters Projection map developed by Dr. Arno Peters has generated a firestorm of controversy. It has passionate fans and staunch detractors. Conservative Thomas Sowell criticized advocates of ``political correctness'' for supporting the Peters Projection in ``Vision of the Anointed.'' Many faith-based, social justice organizations, including Oxfam, the National Council of the Churches, and the Mennonite Central Committee, support the Peters as being more accurate and more-importantly ... fair to all peoples.

The Peters is in a class of map projections, equal-area maps, that show all countries at true size and true proportion. And what a difference that makes! Suddenly, North America and Europe are taken off center stage. Africa is huge. Greenland, on the familiar Mercator projection, appears to be the same size as Africa. However, Africa (at 11.6 million square miles) is REALLY more than 14 times larger than Greenland (at 0.8 million square miles). This comparison and others can be found at www.petersmap.com

Please feel free to link your web site to our ``Explanation of the Peters Projection Map'' at www.diversophy.com/petersmap.htm

After 2/27/01 access www.diversophy.com/maps.htm to read or download Chapter One of the groundbreaking book ``SEEING THROUGH MAPS: THE POWER OF IMAGES TO SHAPE OUR WORLD VIEW'' by Ward L. Kaiser and Denis Wood. The book reveals the biases inherent in all map projections along with tips for map users to overcome being misled by various maps.

The Peters Projection Map is available at local book and map stores, or from ODT, Inc., PO Box 134, Amherst MA 01004. Call (toll free) 1-800-736-1293; E-mail: Petersmaps@aol.com; or via fax: 413-549-3503.