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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 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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WEBJul 20, 1998 — Mercator projection, type of map projection introduced in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator. It is often described as a cylindrical …
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WEBJan 13, 2014 — One of the most common and controversial types of map projection within these categories is the Mercator projection. This projection is cylindrical and conformal. It was originally used for navigation …
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WEBBut when the Earth has a map projection, this means that it has projected coordinates. For example, the Universal Transverse Mercator system splits the Earth into 60 sections by lines of longitude. If you can imagine you …
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