<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Continent outlines are generally going to be stored in geographic coordinates, e.g. from this location:<br class=""><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php" class="">http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Use this information for your mapping program to project it to Gall-Peters (Gall did it first, so that’s the “official” designation):</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://spatialreference.org/ref/sr-org/22/" class="">https://spatialreference.org/ref/sr-org/22/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For QGIS:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Menu <b class="">Settings</b> > <b class="">Custom CRS…</b></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>In the dialog <b class="">Custom Coordinate Reference System Definition</b>, click on the <b class="">+</b></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>In the field <b class="">Name</b><span class="">, type</span> <i class="">Gall-Peters</i></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>In the field <b class="">Parameters</b><span class="">, type</span><b class=""> </b><i class="">+proj=cea +lon_0=0 +lat_ts=45 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs</i></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Click <b class="">OK</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">— Andy<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 20, 2019, at 2:12 PM, <a href="mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr" class="">labrinos@eled.auth.gr</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">Dear all,<br class=""><br class="">I am looking for a Peters world map outline shapefile.<br class="">Does anyone has one to send me or tell me where can I find one for free?<br class=""><br class="">thank you very much<br class="">Nikos<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Δρ. Νίκος Λαμπρινός<br class="">Καθηγητής της Διδασκαλίας της Γεωγραφίας<br class="">Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης<br class="">Α.Π.Θ. 54124 Θεσσαλονίκη<br class="">Τηλ.: 2310 991201 / 991230<br class=""><a href="mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr" class="">Email: labrinos@eled.auth.gr</a><br class="">Web Page: <a href="http://users.auth.gr/labrinos/" class="">http://users.auth.gr/labrinos/</a><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <a href="http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/" class="">http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/</a><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <a href="https://www.auth.gr/univUnits" class="">https://www.auth.gr/univUnits</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------------------------------------<br class="">Dr. Nikos Lambrinos<br class="">Professor of Geography Teaching<br class="">Director of Digital Analysis and Educational Design Laboratory<br class="">President of the Hellenic digital earth Centre of Excellence<br class="">Faculty of Education<br class="">School of Primary Education<br class="">Dept. of Science and New Technologies<br class="">Aristotle University of Thessaloniki<br class="">GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece<br class="">Tel: +30 2310 991201<br class=""><a href="mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr" class="">Email: labrinos@eled.auth.gr</a><br class="">Web Page: <a href="http://users.auth.gr/labrinos/" class="">http://users.auth.gr/labrinos/</a><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <a href="http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/" class="">http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/</a><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <a href="https://www.auth.gr/en/univUnits" class="">https://www.auth.gr/en/univUnits</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><img apple-inline="yes" id="3FD4388D-85B4-4C41-A0F0-982251A89BF8" width="630" height="394" src="cid:F58BBB9E-CD0C-4F3B-8108-AFFB2570EF72@hsd1.ma.comcast.net." class=""></body></html>