I had an equal-area projection map on my wall as a teenager ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_area_projection#Equal-area http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_a

I had an equal-area projection map on my wall as a teenager ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_area_projection#Equal-area http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_area_projection#Equal-are... ), so this didn't come as news to me.