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because it shows the directions accurately
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Was Gerardus Mercator the first person to use the word atlas to describe a collection of maps?
In 1589, Gerardus Mercator used the word "Atlas" to describe a collection of maps.
When might you want to use a projection other than the Mercator projection?
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Do you still use the Articles of Confederation today to run the country?
No
How do you think new maps of the world affect explores how do people use Maps today?
Given the technology back then, I would say that maps were not as accurate as they are today but,were still an extremely useful tool.Maps today are used by many different people in many different lines of work. Example of someone who would use a map include:Delivery drivers, service personnel, aviation pilots, naval captains, locomotive operators, etc.Due to our ever increasing technology, map usage is declining due to Global Positioning Systems (GPS
Does the inventor of the sewing machine still affect us today?
yes because we still use sewing machines today so without the inventor we wouldn't be able to use them. if you use a sewing machine then yes - the inventor affects you
Why is te mercator projection map still in use today?
The Mercator projection map still is in use today because, although the sizes and distance were distorted, it still showed directions accurately.
What map projection nearly all seagoing navigators still use today?
The answer is the Mercator projection
The mapmaker whose system is still in use today is?
Mercator
What maps projection do nearly all seagoing navigators still use today?
The answer is the Mercator projection
Which type of map projection would you use to study Australia?
A Mercator one
What map would a sailor use?
The Mercator projection is the standard for nautical navigation.
When using a map you use this to determine its orientation?
A device that is used to determine orientation on a map is a compass rose. The type of map projection that is most helpful in the navigation of ships is a Mercator map.
As captain of the uss learning odyssey what map would you use to navigate the seas of the world?
Mercator I think
Who would use a mercator projection?
Mercator projection is still in common for navigation, due to its unique properties, cartographers agree that it is not suited to large area maps due to its distortion of land area toward the polar regions.
What is gerardus mercator famous for?
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) developed a method (Mercator cylindrical projection) of displaying the Earth's surface (which is curved) as a flat nautical map. On his map of 1569, sailing courses along a fixed bearing appeared as straight lines with the proper angle to the meridians. (But areas nearer the equator appear smaller than similar areas nearer the poles.) This map could not be fully applied to its intended use (sailing) until nearly 200 years later.
What is a latin derivative for mercator?
Mercator is the Latin word for "merchant; trader", from the verb mercari, "to buy; to trade".It is also the Latinized name of the 16th-century Flemish cartographer Gerard de Kremer (Gerardus Mercator), who invented the Mercator projection (a method of representing the spherical surface of the earth on a flat rectangular map).
Is Greenland bigger than India?
No!, the picture below shows Greenland bigger than India. But this projection is wrong because its a Mercator Projection:- Mercator projection: The maps we see and use in schools are based on Mercator projection. A Mercator projection is a mathematical method of showing a map of the globe on a flat surface. This projection was developed in 1568 byGerhardus Mercator a Flemish geographer, mathematician, and cartographer.Mercator projection was made during an age when Europe dominated and exploited the world. The white dominated countries are thus portrayed to be extraordinarily large, while non white countries become extraordinarily small. It seems that the Mercator map was made to artificially portray the territorial "superiority" of the colonial powers, and psychologically impact the gullible minds of the colonised into submission. Surprisingly, even today maps in India reflect that bygone era.The United Nations in 1974, acknowledging this discrepancy (in Mercator maps), accepted a new map made by another German, Arno Peters. It is called the Peters' projection or the Peters' map. It has equal areas, and equal representation. Peters' map shows countries in their relative sizes, and is based upon Peters' decimal grid, which divides the surface of the Earth into a hundred longitudinal fields of equal width, and a hundred latitudinal fields of equal height.Really,This is correct
