Peter's and Mercator's Map Projection in relation to the Philippines
Peter's and Mercator's Map Projection in relation to the Philippines
Peter’s Projection
This
projection portrays the Philippine map in a different way. Unlike other
geographical representation, this emphasized more on less developed- countries
which is most preferably the countries in the global south. The Philippine is
located in the southern part of the globe and like the description of this
projection it also can be considered undeveloped country. In this projection,
Philippine is visible in the map and its geographical location proved it so. It
may have abundant resources but it is not yet discovered because of lack of researches.
This projection can be a model of reality to interpret the Philippines as a
country that needed more studies and research to compete in the world. The Philippines
is ranked as the most corrupt country in Asia, and it lack technological
advancement, which hindered it to develop. Like other countries, the Philippine
is depending in the aid of other nations, like U.S. which also a factor that
hindered it to develop because of the influence given by this core country.
Mercator’s projection
Even
though the Peter’s projection is more accurate than the Mercator’s it also portray
the Philippine in the sense that it retained the directions and shortcuts precisely
making it useful for navigators. Going back to the history of the Philippines
before we are colonized by the Spaniards, it is believed that Ferdinand Magellan
is ordered to look for spices in the east and there he found the Philippines.
In this projection, Ferdinand Magellan’s direction of navigation can be
tracked, from Europe to Asia. The connection of this projection to the
Philippines is that the country is also in the history of Europe and this we
can see that Europe is bigger and at the center of the projection. This
projection just shows how powerful, influential and competent Europe are which
is evident today, they are stable. This projection portrays the image on the
Philippine based on the influence given to us by the Spaniards and many of our
cultural traditions are originally from them. Europe’s influence directly
affects our ancestry’s life and until today it is being manifested.
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