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The Mercator projection is a conformal cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. It became the standard map projection for navigation due to its ability to represent north as "up" and south as "down" everywhere while preserving local directions … See more
Joseph Needham, a historian of China, speculated that some star charts of the Chinese Song Dynasty may have been based 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 … 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 … 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 … See more
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• Central cylindrical projection – more distorted; sometimes erroneously described as the method of construction of the Mercator … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license WEBMay 18, 2021 · Mercator is one of the most popular map projections because it preserves locations and shapes and represents south as down and north as up. Although it is a cylindrical projection, Mercator …
WEBNov 29, 2022 · The standard classroom maps we all learned geography from are based on the Mercator projection, a 16th century rendering that preserved lines used for navigation while hideously distorting the true …
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WEBMar 3, 2023 · While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly by how much. Countries close to the equator barely change, whereas countries further north shrink …
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WEBJun 27, 2024 · Mercator projection, type of map projection introduced in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator. It is often described as a cylindrical projection, but it must be derived mathematically.
WEBAug 27, 2019 · A climate data scientist created an animation that reveals how the Mercator Projection distorts the landmasses of the world. See how Greenland, Africa, Australia and other countries look different on …
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WEB2 days ago · By imposing a sense of order on the illustrated world by plotting it on an east-west and north-south grid, and having that grid apply everywhere, Mercator made it possible to chart more accurate …
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WEBAug 12, 2021 · In 1569, the great cartographer, Gerardus Mercator, created a revolutionary new map based on a cylindrical projection. The new map was well-suited to nautical navigation since every line on the …
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