A way of showing the sphere on the earth on the flat surface of a map.
Geardus Mercator invented the Mercator Map in 1569
Mercator projection what popular map in classrooms in the US is what kind of map?
Mercator projection what popular map in classrooms in the US is what kind of map?
mercator map
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.
On a Mercator map it is a straight line.
latitude and longitude are the same as the Mercator
Mercator
the Mercator map
A mercator map is best described as bigger and smaller portions of land than what is actually is
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
Sailors