mercator projection in English
noun
1
a projection of a map of the world onto a cylinder in such a way that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator, used especially for marine charts and certain climatological maps.
Mercator made many new maps and globes, but his greatest contribution to cartography must be the Mercator projection .
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1. He wanted the solution for the purposes of cartography – specifically for constructing an accurate Mercator projection.
2. Google Maps used a variant of the Mercator projection, and therefore cannot accurately show areas around the poles.
3. He designed a method of map projection famed among navigators for its accuracy, and many maps drawn according to the Mercator projection appear in modern atlases.