Examples of using "Mercator" in a sentence and their english translations:
This map is called the Mercator projection.
On the mercator map they look about the same size.
Much better than the mercator.
Mercator projection is popular for a couple of reasons.
Brazil on the globe has the same shape as Brazil on the Mercator projection.
According to Google this is because the Mercator’s ability to preserve shape and angles makes
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.