Mercator VS. Peters Maps. Who will win?

Mercator

• used for navigation or maps of equatorial regions
•  Distances are true only along the equator, but are reasonably correct within 15° either side
• Areas and shapes of large areas are distorted
• Distortion increases away from the equator and is extreme in polar regions
• poorest countries are near the equator so they are the smallest giving the idea that they are te least important 
• dramatically enlarges the size of Eurasian and North American countries
• never intended to be used as a wall map
• loxodromes or rhumb lines-lines of constant compass bearing- for true direction
• Makes people think the top countries are better then the bottom countries 

Peters 

• equal-area projection 
• became the centerpiece of a controversy surrounding the political implications of map design
• areas of equal size on the globe are also equally sized on the map 
• poorer, less powerful nations could be restored to their rightful proportions
• treated each country fairly by representing area accurately
• used a rectangular coordinate system that showed parallel lines of latitude and longitude
• doesn't enlarge areas as much as the Mercator projection
• certain places appear stretched, horizontally near the poles and vertically near the Equator
• could be flipped upside down to say that the northern countries are not better then the southern countries

I think we should use the peters projection map because it shows everything in accurate size and location. It allows us to flip the map upside down if we choose so no region is thought lesser then another. Even though it does not give us locations of very small cities in a school, when will we need there locations. Ware not planning our road trip in school after all.