In 1569, the great cartographer, Gerardus Mercator, created a revolutionary new map based on a cylindrical projection. The new map was well-suited to nautical navigation since every line on the ...

The flat map, created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569 is still used today by Google Maps. This map from circa 1798 was charted according to the Mercator’s projection.

Because the Earth is roughly spherical, every flat map distorts our planet one way or another. The most popular version is the Mercator projection, created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus ...

15:57, Tue, Oct 8, 2024 Updated: 15:57, Tue, Oct 8, 2024 Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection of the Earth, are showing countries to be inaccurate in sizing. Some countries are ...

Drew Roos's Mercator Extreme shows how wonderful and how nuts its distortions can get. — Read the rest The post Mercator Extreme explores map projection's wildest distortions appeared first on ...

Online maps provided by Google, Microsoft and others use the Mercator projection to display the world. In doing so they perpetuate huge distortions in how the Earth is seen.

As a result, Mercator’s map becomes useless at high latitudes due to the excessive distortion. But take a look at an Ordnance Survey of Ireland map: it is a Transverse Mercator Projection, based ...

He said different projections favour different points of accuracy. This map from circa 1798 was charted according to the Mercator’s projection. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

The Mercator map can still be seen in some, but not all, world maps today with Google Maps having relied on it for many years. The downside of the Mercator projection is that it does not show the ...

The Flemish map-maker is behind one of the most influential depictions of the globe ever created. His 1569 Mercator projection became the standard map projection for nautical purposes.