The Mercator projection (/ mərˈkeɪtər /) is a conformal cylindrical map projection first presented by Flemish geographer and mapmaker Gerardus Mercator in 1569.

Mercator projection, type of map projection introduced in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator. It is often described as a cylindrical projection, but it must be derived mathematically.

Oct 19, 2023 · His most famous work, the Mercator projection, is a geographical chart where the spherical globe is flattened into a two-dimensional map, with latitude and longitude lines drawn …

6 days ago · By imposing a sense of order on the illustrated world by plotting it on an east-west and north-south grid, and having that grid apply everywhere, Mercator made it possible to …

As shown in the drawing, the Mercator projection is a cylindrical map projection of the spherical globe. The meridians and parallels of latitude on the globe end up appearing as lines crossing …

Mercator invented his map projection primarily for navigation. If you draw a straight line between two points on a map created using the Mercator projection, that line represents the direction …

6 days ago · These maps show two different approaches to depicting Greenland. The left map is an orthographic projection, emulating a globe. The right map is a Mercator projection, which …

该投影具有 等角航线 被表示成直线的特性，故广泛用于编制航海图和 航空图 等。 墨卡托投影，是一种" 等角正切圆柱投影 ”，由荷兰地图学家墨卡托（Gerhardus Mercator 1512－1594） …

麥卡托投影法 （英語： Mercator projection），又稱 麦卡托投影法 、 正軸等角圓柱投影，是一種等角的圓柱形 地圖投影法。 本投影法得名於 法蘭德斯 (佛蘭德)出身的 地理學家 傑拉杜斯·麥 …

<p>Gerardus Mercator, born Gerhard Kremer, was a prominent 16th-century cartographer best known for his influential maps and the projection that bears his name.