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The Mercator projection is a conformal cylindrical map projection first presented by Flemish geographer and mapmaker Gerardus Mercator in 1569. In the 18th century, it became the standard map projection for navigation due to its property of representing rhumb lines as straight lines. When applied to world maps, the … See more
Joseph Needham, a historian of China, speculated that some star charts of the Chinese Song dynasty may have been drafted on the Mercator projection; however, this claim … See more
As with all map projections, the shapes or sizes are distortions of the true layout of the Earth's surface. The Mercator projection exaggerates areas far from the equator; … See more
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Although the surface of Earth is best modelled by an oblate ellipsoid of revolution, for small scale maps the ellipsoid is approximated by a sphere of radius a, where a is approximately 6,371 km. This spherical … See more• Maling, Derek Hylton (1992), Coordinate Systems and Map Projections (second ed.), Pergamon Press, ISBN 0-08-037233-3. See more
The Mercator projection can be visualized as the result of wrapping a cylinder tightly around a sphere, with the two surfaces tangent to (touching) each-other along a circle halfway … See more
Practically every marine chart in print is based on the Mercator projection due to its uniquely favorable properties for navigation. It is also commonly used by street map services … See more
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• Central cylindrical projection – more distorted; sometimes erroneously described as the method of construction of the Mercator projection
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WEBApr 6, 2023 · Blank World Map in Mercator Projection is a cartographic representation of the world, using the Mercator projection, without any labels or markings.
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WEBThe Mercator projection is a cylindrical projection that preserves true bearings for navigation, but distorts the scale of areas near the poles. Learn how the latitude affects the size of features on a Mercator map, and see …
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Gerardus Mercator revolutionized mapmaking. He was almost …