Why Mercator?
2015-11-02
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Guillaume Geoffroy
A quick glance at an actual globe should convince you that the Mercator projection deserves its poor reputation: Europe, the United States and Canada are way too big, and Antarctica should certainly not be bigger than South America and Africa combined. So, how come this map became so widespread? Why is it still used today, even in products such as Google Maps?
November 2015
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