Examples of using "Mercator" in a sentence and their english translations:
map, we would end up with this.
Much better than the mercator.
This map is called the Mercator projection.
On the mercator map they look about the same size.
Mercator projection is popular for a couple of reasons.
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 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
But when trying to display something on a world map, cartographers rarely use the mercator.