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The major weakness of the Mercator map projection is that it distorts the size and shape of landmasses, particularly near the poles. While it accurately represents direction and is useful for navigation, countries and regions closer to the poles, like Greenland and Antarctica, appear significantly larger than they are relative to those near the equator. This distortion can lead to misconceptions about the relative size and importance of different areas of the world.
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How are a mercator projection and an Robinson projection map the same?
what similarity about the mercator projection and the robinson projection?
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 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?
What is a mercator projection and what is its purpose?
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
What type of map is a 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.
Would Greenland be smaller on a Mercator or a Robinson map projection?
Greenland appears larger on a Mercator map projection compared to a Robinson map projection. The Mercator projection distorts the size of land masses as they near the poles, resulting in Greenland appearing much larger than it actually is.
What type of map projection is used by ship navigation?
Mercator
What is a mercrator projection?
A Mercator projection map is a cylindrical map presented on a flat surface. It was first presented to the world by Gerardus Mercator in 1569.
What are two map projection?
Two common map projections are Mercator and the Robinson Projection.
When was the mercator map projection made?
1565
On what type of map does distortion increase with distance from the poles?
The Mercator Projection distorts the size of large objects from the Equator to the poles. It was named for Flemish map make Gerardus Mercator.
The map projection that is best for calculating directions is the?
Mercator
