Sailors
A mercator map is best described as bigger and smaller portions of land than what is actually is
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).
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 projection lines are straight but the robinsons are curved
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Geardus Mercator invented the Mercator Map in 1569
mercator map
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 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.
Mercator
latitude and longitude are the same as the Mercator
the Mercator map
A mercator map is best described as bigger and smaller portions of land than what is actually is
Mercator.
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