Geardus Mercator invented the Mercator Map in 1569
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 map
A Mercator map is a cylindrical map projection that distorts the size of objects as the latitude increases from the equator towards the poles. This means that areas near the poles appear larger than they actually are.
On a Mercator map it is a straight line.
latitude and longitude are the same as the Mercator
Mercator
the Mercator map
A mercator map is best described as bigger and smaller portions of land than what is actually is
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
Sailors