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A history and discussion of the Mercator projection and the uses and non-uses of the Mercator map, invented in 1569. ... The Mercator map was designed as an aid to navigators since straight lines on the Mercator projection are loxodromes or rhumb lines -- representing lines of constant compass bearing --
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A very famous projection is the Mercator Map. ... Geradus Mercator invented his famous projection in 1569 as an aid to navigators. On his map, lines of latitude and longitude intersect at right angles and thus the direction of travel - the rhumb line - is consistent.
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A Mercator projection is a mathematical method of showing a map of the globe on a flat surface. This projection was developed in 1568 by Gerhardus Mercator a Flemish geographer, mathematician, and cartographer.
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science.nasa.gov/Realtime/rocket_sci/orbmech/mercator.h...
science.nasa.gov/Realtime/rocket_sci/orbmech/mercator.html
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The Miller projection has straight meridians and parallels that meet at right angles, but straight lines are not of constant azimuth. Shapes and areas are distorted. Directions are true only along the equator. The projection avoids the scale exaggerations of the Mercator map.
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www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj...
www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj.html
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Mercator map projection was invented by Gerardus Mercator as a navigation tool ... Gerardus Mercator; The map projection that bears his name he first used in 1569. He is also the first to use the term 'atlas' for a collection of maps.
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inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmercator.htm
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AllRefer.com reference and encyclopedia resource provides complete information on Mercator map projection, Maps And Mapping. Includes related research links. ... You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Maps And Mapping > Mercator map projection; By Alphabet : Encyclopedia A-Z > M...
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reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/X/X-Mercat-map.html
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This report develops a dynamic map projection especially suited of processing and displaying of satellite electro-optical remote sensing of the earth's surface. ... Title : Formulation of a Space Oblique Mercator Map Projection.
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Mercator Projection; Mollweide Projection (a more realistic view) of the planet here!; PRINT THIS MAP; ... If you would like to submit an addition, change or correction, or suggest a new link, please forward it to our map department and we will give it our immediate attention.
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For example, the basic Mercator projection is unique; it yields the only map on which a straight line drawn anywhere within its bounds shows a particular type of direction, but distances and areas are grossly distorted near the map's polar regions.
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egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/MapProjections/projections.html
egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/MapProjections/projections.html
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