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Mercator projection

geography Maturity 7-9

This is a special map.

Mercator 1569.png
Mercator 1569.png
It shows the whole world. Some lands look too big on it. Africa looks small compared to Greenland. It helps sailors find their way. Do you like maps?
Worlds animate.gif
Worlds animate.gif

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File:Mercator projection Square.JPG
Mercator projection Square.JPG
File:Mercator with Tissot's Indicatrices of Distortion.svg
Mercator with Tissot's Indicatrices of...
File:Mercator 1569.png
Mercator 1569.png
File:Mercator_Globe_1541_SA.jpg
Mercator_Globe_1541_SA.jpg
File:comparison_of_cylindrical_projections.svg
comparison_of_cylindrical_projections.svg
File:Worlds animate.gif
Worlds animate.gif
File:Comparison of various cylindrical panoramic formats 165 degrees vertical field of view and 360 degrees horizontal field of view.jpg
Comparison of various cylindrical...
File:Rhumb line vs great-circle arc.png
Rhumb line vs great-circle arc.png
File:Mercator Polar Transverse.gif
Mercator Polar Transverse.gif
File:Cylindrical Projection basics2.svg
Cylindrical Projection basics2.svg
File:Mercator scale plot.svg
Mercator scale plot.svg
File:World Scale from DMA Series 1150 map.png
World Scale from DMA Series 1150 map.png

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