The application was ocean navigation; for nautical purposes.
the mercator projection lines are straight but the robinsons are curved
no
A mercator map is best described as bigger and smaller portions of land than what is actually is
The Mercator Projection keeps all angles of land masses equal in relation to the Earth's meridians. This is what has made it so popular as a nautical travel tool for sailors.
The Mercator map projection does not represent area correctly. the equatorial regions are relatively small and the polar regions relatively large (if Greenland looks larger than Australia then the area proportions are wrong Australia has more than three times the surface area of Greenland).
Mercator's projection is a map used mostly in the Americas. The purpose of the map projection was to help sailors trade. It was a sailor's map
It is a Mercator projection!
what similarity about the mercator projection and the robinson projection?
The answer is the Mercator projection
what is one problem with the mercator projection
cylindrical projection
the mercator projection lines are straight but the robinsons are curved
Mercator projection distorts the size of land masses, resulting in high distortion near the poles. Equal area projections maintain accurate land area proportions, making them useful for representing data like population density.
Robinson projection
Mercator is not a map, but a map projection, i.e. a way of representing the continents on a map. The Mercator projection is only accurate between 30 degrees north and south latitude. The further away you go from that point, the greater the exaggeration.
Mercator Projection, Interrupted Projection, Robinson Projection
Mercator