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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 and … 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 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 … See more• Maling, Derek Hylton (1992), Coordinate Systems and Map Projections (second ed.), Pergamon Press, ISBN 0-08-037233-3.
• See moreThe 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 projection See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license World Map - Mercator Projection - WorldAtlas
WEBMay 18, 2021 · Mercator is one of the most popular map projections because it preserves locations and shapes and represents south as …
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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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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.
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WEBNov 19, 2018 · Learn how the mercator projection distorts the sizes of countries, especially near the poles. See an interactive animation and a graph of the difference between real and apparent sizes of countries.
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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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WEBAug 27, 2019 · One of the best known and commonly used world maps, the Mercator Projection, depicts Greenland and Africa as being roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is 14 times larger.
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WEBOct 31, 2017 · A lot of people have problems with the Mercator map of the world. Fortunately, The True Size is set up to help cartography fans see how much it distorts land mass by allowing users to move outlines of …
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