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Mercator projection: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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Cartography

a cylindrical conformal map projection on which rhumb lines are straight but areas are greatly enlarged toward the poles.

In cartography, Mercator projection refers to a cylindrical conformal map projection on which rhumb lines are straight but areas are greatly enlarged toward the poles. This meaning comes from Snyder (1987) in Professional Paper.[1]

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conformal3 fields · 3 citationsinvariant · one construct, three systems projection4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs equal-area projection1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Snyder, J. P. (1987). Map projections: A working manual. Professional Paper. https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1395

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