Examples of using "Mercator" in a sentence and their english translations:
Much better than the mercator.
This map is called the Mercator projection.
Mercator projection is popular for a couple of reasons.
On the mercator map they look about the same size.
But most web mapping tools like Google maps still use the mercator.
According to Google this is because the Mercator’s ability to preserve shape and angles makes
Brazil on the globe has the same shape as Brazil on the Mercator projection.
But the real purpose of the Mercator projection was navigation -- it preserves direction,
But when trying to display something on a world map, cartographers rarely use the mercator.